I mean, I hate to gloat, but I’m extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.
AL YANKOVICI think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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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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I don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
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As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it’s been a huge promotional tool for me.
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I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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You don’t need to be defined by your job.
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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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Doing things that I don’t know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them.
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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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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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Sometimes I get, “Have you ever thought about doing real music?” I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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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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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.
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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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