I don’t really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I’ve never been to therapy so there’s probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don’t know.
AL YANKOVICNow with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?
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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’
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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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At this point I’ve got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when ‘Weird Al’ wants to go parody, it’s not meant to make them look bad… it’s meant to be a tribute.
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I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career.
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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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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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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.
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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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It was difficult to get into my friends’ rock bands when I was a teenager.
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