Artist Quotes by Al Yankovic

8 Artist quotes by Al Yankovic

Al Yankovic’s take on the artist’s role lands in eight quick, humorous quips. The tone is playful, revealing how parody and sincerity can coexist in a creator’s mindset.

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I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes.

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I do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to…

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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.…

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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.

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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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My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and…

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What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist's performance…

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It's hard to say, I picked one of my favorite articles for the MAD vault. Which is one of the features of…

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My personal taste doesn't enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.

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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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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.…

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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…

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I can bend paper clips into the shapes of small animals.

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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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In the '80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear - that if I didn't, people…

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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…

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I can't say enough good things about my band. I feel very fortunate that I found them when I did, very early in my…

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Right now I'm listening to a lot of Top 40 music, because THAT'S MY JOB.

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Sometimes I get, "Have you ever thought about doing real music?" I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens…

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