Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.
AL YANKOVICI am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.
More Al Yankovic Quotes
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As 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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If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I’d love to be involved, but I just find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now.
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Left all my Beatle records out in the sun, got a coke bottle stuck on the end of my tongue.
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I’m a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, “How am I going to screw this up?” [Laughs] If I’m really actively trying to think of a parody, then I’ll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
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Didn’t have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.
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My personal taste doesn’t enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.
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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 am not making this up. Needless to say, as soon as I discovered that, I gave up meat entirely.
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Take down those naked pictures of Ernest Borgnine.
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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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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
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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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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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One of the hardest things I’ve had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.
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I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes.
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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.
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Kind of wish I was dead. Maybe, I’ll blow my brains out, mama, or maybe I’ll go bowling.
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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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When I go to my live shows it’s often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
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I don’t want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste.
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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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I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.
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Buy our album, were Nirvana, a garage band from Seattle. Well, it sure beats raising cattle.
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My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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I was a huge fan of ‘Mad’ magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I’d scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I’d wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it.
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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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