I think I’m equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the “Letters and Tomatoes” column, which is the fan mail part of MAD Magazine and an ongoing feature.
AL YANKOVICI have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I think that was the genesis of my polka medleys, because every rock song I played on the accordion just sounded like a polka and my friends thought it was funny.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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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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My wife went off with Elvis.
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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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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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The music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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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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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that’s not me.
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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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There are probably a few library fines I haven’t paid yet, but I’m a pretty clean-cut guy overall.
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I am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.
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I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, ‘OK, this is what I’m going to do for a living and I’m going to be Weird Al.’
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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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