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I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.

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I do a lot of different things, sometimes at the same time, and it's very difficult to figure out where I fit.

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

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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.

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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 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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I'd like to be able to be more topical and timely and more of-the-moment and I think the way to do that is, instead of waiting until I have twelve songs to release all at once, just to release them as I come up with them.

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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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If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.

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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.

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You can play some schlock like New Kids On the Block.

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

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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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I'm very analytical, I'm very precise. I mean, I don't write for kids.

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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.

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So that's why one of my rules of parody writing is that it's gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.

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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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Whenever I do a parody it's not meant to make you hate anybody's music really.

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I was able to come up with a couple articles for the magazine, I was able to solicit help from a bunch of my friends to contribute pieces: Patton Oswalt, Seth Green, Emo Phillips, Chris Hardwick, John Hodgman, and more. It's very much a "Weird Al" themed issue, so I'd like to think that there's a lot of "Weird Al" flavor throughout but I think it'd be generous really to call me an editor.

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