I’ll bet every great thinker and leader we’ve got Could see all kinds of things other people could not!
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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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent 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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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
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I cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing.
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It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
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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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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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I’ve done a movie and a TV series, and someday I’d like to do a successful movie and a successful TV series. That would be nice.
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It’s hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.
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You still have Top 40 radio now, but it’s 40 different stations. There aren’t many hits that everybody knows, and there aren’t many real superstars.
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Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
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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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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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The window doesn’t open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven’t been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.
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