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I’m free to do what I please, I’m probably not going to do albums. Just because I think releasing tracks as singles is a better way for me to stay topical.

Al Yankovic

It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I’ve ever done, so it’s a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.
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Album Best Done Go Important Next Self Thing Time
I’m free to do what I please, I’m probably not going to do albums. Just because I think releasing tracks as singles is a better way for me to stay topical.
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Album Better Free Go Please Probably Realise Topical Way
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 do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it’s very difficult to figure out where I fit.
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Different Difficult Figure Out Same Sometimes Thing
I don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
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Cartoon Derail Happen Hear Train Want
I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I’m working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life.
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Actual Life Long Onstage Pick Possible Realize Rest Song Studio Time Work
I was able to come up with a couple articles for the magazine, I was able to solicit help from a bunch of my friends to contribute pieces: Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Emo Phillips, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, and more.
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Able Article Bunch Come Couple Friend Magazine Solicit
I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits – and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ideas for them. I can always come up with ideas, but not necessarily good ones!
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Been Big Down Hit Idea List Recent Song
I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
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Animal Bend Paper Shape Work
My own personal tastes don’t really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that,
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Own Personal Song Target Taste
In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I’ve been able to hang around longer than most “serious” acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.
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Around Artist Genre Hang Longer Most Serious Talent Wonder
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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Decision Even Headline Made Matter People Play Seven Want
I’m always a little leery about doing shows where I’m not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes.
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Always Decision Do Headline Leery Little Miss People Play Point Show Start
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
I’d rather clean all the bathrooms in Grand Central Station with my tongue than spend one more minute with you.
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Bathroom Clean Grand Minute Spend Station Tongue
People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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Album Birth Give Operation People

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