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 YANKOVICAs it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don’t step on my blue suede shoes.
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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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You still have Top 40 radio now, but it’s 40 different stations. There aren’t many hits that everybody knows, and there aren’t many real superstars.
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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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And then I’ll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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The window doesn’t open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven’t been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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The music has always been my bread and butter, and I’ve focused more of my attention on that.
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Right now I’m listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT’S MY JOB.
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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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In the ’80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear – that if I didn’t, people would soon forget about me.
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What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist’s performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
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Maybe I’ll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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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 do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to do something that sounds like them and yet is a bit more sick and twisted.
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Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don’t work creatively for me.
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I’m obviously not a rapper, and I don’t have any claims to be one, really.
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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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Not only are they just great, nice guys; they’re some of the best musicians you’re likely to find.
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I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is severely eating into my album sales and having a decidedly adverse effect on my career.
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I’ve always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That’s something that I’ve been proactive about.
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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.
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I know I’m a million times as humble as thou art!
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Because you’re supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go “Oh, it’s ‘Weird Al.'”
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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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