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There's enough people that do unfunny music. I'll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline.

Al Yankovic

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Al Yankovic
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 23
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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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It was difficult to get into my friends' rock bands when I was a teenager. They somehow didn't see the need for an accordion player. That's when I realized that I had to find my own path in life.
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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 cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing. I think that was the genesis of my polka medleys, because every rock song I played on the accordion just sounded like a polka and my friends thought it was funny. So that was a joke that I continue up to this very day.
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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.
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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.
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As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it's been a huge promotional tool 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.
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People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation.
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If money can't buy happiness, then I guess I'll have to rent it.
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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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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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I'm very analytical, I'm very precise. I mean, I don't write for kids.
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I enjoy all kinds of music. But it is kind of strange when I do parodies, instead of setting up drums and guitar amps.
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You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don't step on my blue suede shoes.
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