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.
AL YANKOVICI don’t like to label myself. I know I’m very hard to pigeonhole.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
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About four or five months ago, at a dinner in New York, John made the very nice offer of my being guest editor for an issue of MAD and I thought about it for about half a nanosecond and decided that was a pretty good idea.
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I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
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If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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Well I’ve made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it’s probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I’ve known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we’ve been friends.
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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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Got a brand new semi-automatic weapon with a laser sight. Oh, I’m praying that somebody tries to break in here tonight.
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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’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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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 think there are any new media I’d like to cover.
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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist’s performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
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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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