Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they’re not all good!
AL YANKOVICNot any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song parodies for MAD, Sam Hart, a few others, but that was also where I was first exposed to the art form of song parodies.
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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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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound.
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When I go to my live shows it’s often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
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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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On the other hand, I can get all the Metallica songs I want for FREE! WOW!
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You fake something until you’re good at it.
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I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I’ll catch up.
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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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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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I’ve parodied over the years.
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You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.
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I’ll be mellow when I’m dead.
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I know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!
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I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children’s book was something that I’d been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.
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