That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
AL YANKOVICAs it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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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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They do everything from gangsta rap to polka music and every genre in between. It’s amazing.
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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I’m very analytical, I’m very precise. I mean, I don’t write for kids.
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A lot of rap songs don’t usually have a lot of melody per se.
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So that’s why one of my rules of parody writing is that it’s gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.
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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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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 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.
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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.
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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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So I’m one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on ‘The Simpsons,’ which I’m very flattered by.
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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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Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
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