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.
AL YANKOVICIf money can’t buy happiness, then I guess I’ll have to rent it.
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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.
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That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.
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I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak.
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Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they’re not afraid of wolves.
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In the ’80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV.
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So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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I’m still a geek on the inside, that’s the important thing.
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Somebody will come up to me after a show and have me sign their arm, and the next time I see them my autograph has been permanently inscribed on their arm.
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I don’t want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to ‘The Flintstones’?’
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There aren’t that many superstars around anymore.
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I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli Vanilli’s.
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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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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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You got me stranded on the bungee tower of love.
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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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