As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
AL YANKOVICPop culture’s gotten much more disposable.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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Ever since the day you left me, I’ve been so miserable, my dear. I feel almost as bad as I did when you were still here.
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As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people’s heads.”
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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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I guess I lost a little bit of self-esteem that time that you made it with the whole hockey team.
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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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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 my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don’t realize there’s a lot of craft behind the comedy.
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There’s enough people that do unfunny music. I’ll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.
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I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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I’m known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.
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I’m just a no-good, scum sucking, nose picking, boot licking, sniveling, groveling, worthless hunk of slime.
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It’s hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.
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There’s a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody.
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I’m watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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