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You don't need to be defined by your job.
Al Yankovic
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Al Yankovic
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 23
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At this point I've got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when 'Weird Al' wants to go parody, it's not meant to make them look bad... it's meant to be a tribute.
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I'm a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, How am I going to screw this up? [Laughs] If I'm really actively trying to think of a parody, then I'll have my antenna out, and be a little more proactive about it.
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I've always enjoyed animation and voiceover work. That's something that I've been proactive about.
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How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you're doing?
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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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My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.
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No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.
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There aren't that many superstars around anymore.
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I don't like to label myself. I know I'm very hard to pigeonhole.
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Maybe I'll make a huge color tapestry from my belly button lint.
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When I started out, I didn't feel like I was really accepted in the music or comedy communities, and I was somewhere on the edge, but now I feel like I'm accepted in both, which is extremely gratifying.
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I don't watch a lot of other people's parodies because I don't want to be unduly influenced.
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I've always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it! Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I'd just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.
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My brothers and sisters hated me because I was an only child.
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Every night for dinner we had a big chunk of dirt.
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Pop culture's gotten much more disposable.
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There's a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody. 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. Some songs are too repetitive for me to be able to fashion a humorous set of lyrics around. Some songs flat-out just don't work creatively for me.
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