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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.

Al Yankovic

Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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Best Find Great Guy Just Likely Musician Nice Some
My wife went off with Elvis.
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Off Went Wife
People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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never Put Velvet Weight
In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I’ve been able to hang around longer than most “serious” acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.
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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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Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you’ll be watching TV, and it’ll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you’ll actually find yourself thinking,
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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’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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He died a long painful death. However, you’ll be happy to hear that just a few years later he was reincarnated as Shirley MacLaine.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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Enough Good People See Something
I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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Buy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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I decided that I wanted to be a voice on every animated cartoon in the history of the world – even shows that haven’t been on the air for a very long time, that’s going to be harder to pull off.
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One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
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