Al Yankovic Quotes

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.
I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about myself that I don't know.
I'm still a geek on the inside, that's the important thing.
What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist's performance on whether or not they had a good seat?
A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se.
As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it's been a huge promotional tool for me.
As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
By the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you're doing?
I can't get too offended when somebody parodies me.
I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's book was something that I'd been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.
I don't think there are any new media I'd like to cover.
I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes.
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.
I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
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.
I mean, I don't write for kids.
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