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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.

Al Yankovic

I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.
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Actual Best Most Obvious Route Sometimes Try
When I started out, I didn’t feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I’m accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
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Accept Comedy Community Feel Gratifying Like Music Somewhere Start
I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
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History Long Respect Stand Wish
So I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
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Celebrity Few Flatter Perform Repeat
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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Architect Career Choice Counselor Go Guidance Kid Old Twelve Year
They somehow didn’t see the need for an accordion player. That’s when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.
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According Life Need Own Path Player Realize Somehow
You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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Block Kid Kids New Play Scholar Some
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.
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Bulk Finish Fit Mandatory Nicely Pretty Promotion Scheule
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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Friend Funny Genesis Medley Polka Rock Song Soun Think
So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.
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Funny Gotta Know Material Merit Parody Regard Rule Source Write
I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue.
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Big Date Foot Put Sally Siamese Slept Too Twin
My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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Although Dough Mean Some Velvet World Worth
You fake something until you’re good at it.
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Fake Good Something Until
When I swore that you’re getting more and more beautiful everyday. Well, I was only kidding, honey.
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Beautiful Everyday Honesty Kid More
Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
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Blow Brain Kind Mama Maybe Suicide Wish
Every night for dinner we had a big chunk of dirt.
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Big Chunk Dinner Dirt Every Night Reality

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