I do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it’s very difficult to figure out where I fit.
AL YANKOVICMidget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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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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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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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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I knew we were having problems when you put those piranhas in my bathtub again.
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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 don’t watch a lot of other people’s parodies because I don’t want to be unduly influenced.
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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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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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The window doesn’t open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven’t been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.
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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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I like to think that I’ve gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it’s stayed the same.
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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.
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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.
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