In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea to see if someone has done it already because the answer is almost always, “Yes, of course they have, they’ve thought of it!”
AL YANKOVICAbout four or five months ago, at a dinner in New York, John made the very nice offer of my being guest editor for an issue of MAD and I thought about it for about half a nanosecond and decided that was a pretty good idea.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can’t think of a clever enough idea.
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I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
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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.
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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.
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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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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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Whenever I do a parody it’s not meant to make you hate anybody’s music really.
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I am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.
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Beans, beans, the magic legumes – the more you ingest, the more you consume.
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It doesn’t take a military genius to see we’ll all be crispy critters after World War III.
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I know now that everything I write, I’m going to put out, and I’ll have to live with it for the rest of my life.
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Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
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After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.
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I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.
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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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