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I can't get too offended when somebody parodies me.
Al Yankovic
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Al Yankovic
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 23
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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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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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I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don't know.
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I'm watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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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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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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