Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
AL YANKOVICSo that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.
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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows.
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I’d like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.
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I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
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I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I’ll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points.
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Whenever I do a parody it’s not meant to make you hate anybody’s music really.
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I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
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I’m an ugly girl, My face makes you hurl, Sad I have it, I should bag it. Acne everywhere, Unwanted facial hair. I’m a relation to Frankenstein’s creation.
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I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
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Pop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
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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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Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
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