My own personal tastes don’t really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,
AL YANKOVICIf I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I’d love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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It’s hard to force creativity and humor.
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Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don’t work creatively for me.
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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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I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
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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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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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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 think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children’s book was something that I’d been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.
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