It fit pretty nicely into my schedule because we’d pretty much finished the bulk of promotion for Mandatory Fun and were just getting geared up for the World Tour so this was a nice time for me to be working on it.
AL YANKOVICI like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I don’t want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste.
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As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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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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As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
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What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist’s performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
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If money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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I’m stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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I’ve learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
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Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.
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Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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