Al Yankovic quotes - page 3

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. (Al Yankovic)

Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you'll be watching TV, and it'll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you'll actually find yourself thinking, 'I don't want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to 'The Flintstones?'

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I don't think there are any new media I'd like to cover.

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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.

Al Yankovic

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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By the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.

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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.

Al Yankovic

There aren't that many superstars around anymore.

Al Yankovic

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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It's hard to force creativity and humor. (Al Yankovic)

Pop culture's gotten much more disposable.

Al Yankovic

I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's book was something that I'd been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.

Al Yankovic

I'm very analytical, I'm very precise.

Al Yankovic

As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it's been a huge promotional tool for me.

Al Yankovic

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.

Al Yankovic

I can't get too offended when somebody parodies me.

Al Yankovic

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

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.

Al Yankovic

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.

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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. (Al Yankovic)

A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se.

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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.

Al Yankovic

There are probably a few library fines I haven't paid yet, but I'm a pretty clean-cut guy overall.

Al Yankovic

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Occupation: American Comedian
Born: October 23, 1959
Quotes count: 74

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