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I'll bet every great thinker and leader we've got Could see all kinds of things other people could not! So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?

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Al Yankovic
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 23
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My wife went off with Elvis.
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Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.
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As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people's heads.”
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I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the storyline, or I'll write a notebook full of ideas of anecdotes or story points, and then I'll try and arrange them in a way that they would tell a semi-cohesive story.
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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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A lot of my cartoon voices are basically just variations on my natural voice.
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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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It doesn't take a military genius to see we'll all be crispy critters after World War III.
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In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I've been able to hang around longer than most serious acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.
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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'm an ugly girl, My face makes you hurl, Sad I have it, I should bag it. Acne everywhere, Unwanted facial hair. I'm a relation to Frankenstein's creation.
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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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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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You got me stranded on the bungee tower of love.
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There aren't that many superstars around anymore.
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That's something the kids should know about. Reading is a gateway to witchcraft and lesbianism.
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You make me wanna staple bagels to my face, then remove them with a pitchfork.
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I'm free to do what I please, I'm probably not going to do albums. Just because I think releasing tracks as singles is a better way for me to stay topical.
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I'm stranded all alone in the gas station of love, and I have to use the self service pump.
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