Al Yankovic Quotes, Optimistic Quotes, Guy Quotes

I'm known for being an up, high-energy, and optimistic kind of guy.

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He died a long painful death. However, you'll be happy to hear that just a few years later he was reincarnated as Shirley MacLaine.

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Velvet Elvis never puts on weight.

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

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

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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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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 don't think there are any new media I'd like to cover.

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My own personal tastes don't really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that, I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I'm working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life. So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.

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I try not to go the obvious route all the time, but sometimes the most obvious is actually the best.

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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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That's a big part of my life - doing things that I'm not prepared to do. Doing things that I don't know how to do, and keep doing them until I get good at them. I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I'll catch up.

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In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea to see if someone has done it already because the answer is almost always, "Yes, of course they have, they've thought of it!"

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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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How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you're doing?

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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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I don't watch a lot of other people's parodies because I don't want to be unduly influenced.

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He put Ben Gay inside my jock strap and filled my tooth paste tube up with glue.

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