I do original songs in the style of other artists, where I try to learn all their musical idiosyncrasies and try to… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I've been able to hang around longer than most "serious" acts.… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it's been a huge promotional tool for me. — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
My process for the parodies is that I get an idea for a song and then get approval from the artist and… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
What kind of morons do you have working at newspapers in Austin that would base an entire review of an artist's performance… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
It's hard to say, I picked one of my favorite articles for the MAD vault. Which is one of the features of… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
If I could find the right kind of property, get tied in with the right movie, I'd love to be involved, but I just… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
My personal taste doesn't enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody. — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on 'The Simpsons,' which I'm very flattered by. — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
Somebody will come up to me after a show and have me sign their arm, and the next time I see them my autograph… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation. — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
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.… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
I write and write and write, and then I edit it down to the parts that I think are amusing, or that help the… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
I have very mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I’m concerned that the rampant downloading of my copyright-protected material over the Internet is… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
There are probably a few library fines I haven't paid yet, but I'm a pretty clean-cut guy overall. — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
In the '80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear - that if I didn't, people… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
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… — Al Yankovic Copy Share Image
