Quotes by Al Yankovic

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I'll bet every great thinker and leader we've got Could see all kinds of things other people could not! So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?

Al Yankovic

Why of course it's unlikely!' I said. 'Oh, by far! The awesome-est things in the world often are!

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When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.

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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When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.

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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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It's hard to force creativity and humor.

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I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes.

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I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.

Al Yankovic

You fake something until you're good at it.

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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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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?

Al Yankovic

It's hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.

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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.

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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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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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People never ask people doing serious music, 'Do you ever think about doing funny music?'

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I know now that everything I write, I'm going to put out, and I'll have to live with it for the rest of my life.

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I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me.

Al Yankovic

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 Yankovic