It doesn’t take a military genius to see we’ll all be crispy critters after World War III.
AL YANKOVICAnd then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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It’s hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.
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My own personal tastes don’t really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,
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I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I’m working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life.
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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.
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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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He put Ben Gay inside my jock strap and filled my tooth paste tube up with glue.
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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
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I’m always a little leery about doing shows where I’m not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes.
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My wife went off with Elvis.
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I can’t get too offended when somebody parodies me.
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In the ’80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear – that if I didn’t, people would soon forget about me.
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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.
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That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
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