You don’t need to be defined by your job.
AL YANKOVICWhen I started out, I didn’t feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I’m accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
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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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That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
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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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I’m just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.
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When I started out, I didn’t feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I’m accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
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Not any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song parodies for MAD, Sam Hart, a few others, but that was also where I was first exposed to the art form of song parodies.
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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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I’ve always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it!
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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
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I’ll bet every great thinker and leader we’ve got Could see all kinds of things other people could not!
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I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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I know now that everything I write, I’m going to put out, and I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life.
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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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