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 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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Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope I don’t make you sick, but it turns out hamburgers are actually made out of dead cows.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people’s heads.”
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That’s something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
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Ever since the day you left me, I’ve been so miserable, my dear. I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here.
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At this point I’ve got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when ‘Weird Al’ wants to go parody, it’s not meant to make them look bad… it’s meant to be a tribute.
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When I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.
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In the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
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When I go to my live shows it’s often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
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My personal taste doesn’t enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.
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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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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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It’s very much a “Weird Al” themed issue, so I’d like to think that there’s a lot of “Weird Al” flavor throughout but I think it’d be generous really to call me an editor.
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In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea to see if someone has done it already because the answer is almost always, “Yes, of course they have, they’ve thought of it!”
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