Al Yankovic

Comedian

1959-10-23

Al Yankovic, known professionally as Weird Al Yankovic, is an American musical satirist, comedian, and performer. He is known for parody songs and comedic recordings spanning several decades.

Quotes by Al Yankovic

I'll bet every great thinker and leader we've gotCould see all kinds of things other people could not!So then why get upset if somebody like meTries to look at the world just a bit differently?
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I'll bet every great thinker and leader we've gotCould see all kinds of things other people could not!So then why get upset if somebody like meTries to look at the world just a bit differently?
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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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There aren't that many superstars around anymore.
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So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on 'The Simpsons,' which I'm very flattered by.
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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.
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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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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've done a movie and a TV series, and someday I'd like to do a successful movie and a successful TV series. That would be nice.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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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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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that's not me.
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