People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
AL YANKOVICYou can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
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My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and then go in and record it and probably try to get it out as soon as possible.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.
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Somebody will come up to me after a show and have me sign their arm, and the next time I see them my autograph has been permanently inscribed on their arm.
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They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.
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I don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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I can’t say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my career.
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I don’t really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I’ve never been to therapy so there’s probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don’t know.
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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
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As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.
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