Al Yankovic Quotes (59 quotes)

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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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„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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„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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„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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„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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„Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.“
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„Pop culture's gotten much more disposable.“
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„I've done a movie and a TV series, and someday I'd like to do a successful movie and a successful TV series. That would be nice.“
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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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„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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„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 personal taste doesn't enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.“
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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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„I'm obviously not a rapper, and I don't have any claims to be one, really.“
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„I mean, I don't write for kids.“
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„I can't get too offended when somebody parodies me.“
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„A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se.“
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„Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that's not me.“
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„If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.“
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„A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.“
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Al Yankovic
Author born: October 23, 1959
Nationality: American
Author Profession: Comedian

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