Al Yankovic

Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.

— Al Yankovic

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

— Al Yankovic

I'm very analytical, I'm very precise.

— Al Yankovic

I can't get too offended when somebody parodies me.

— Al Yankovic

Pop culture's gotten much more disposable.

— Al Yankovic

Didn't have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.

— Al Yankovic

My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.

— Al Yankovic

I'll be mellow when I'm dead.

— Al Yankovic

I think my chances of ever making it into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame are about as good as Milli…

— Al Yankovic

A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se.

— Al Yankovic

I'm watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.

— Al Yankovic

People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.

— Al Yankovic

I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.

— Al Yankovic

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

— Al Yankovic

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

— Al Yankovic

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

— Al Yankovic

I think I'm equally as abusive as the editors normally are for the "Letters and Tomatoes" column, which is the fan mail…

— Al Yankovic

The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over…

— Al Yankovic

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

I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing…

— Al Yankovic

In fact, when I come up with an idea for a parody I try to resist the urge to Google the idea…

— Al Yankovic

In the '80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear - that if I…

— Al Yankovic

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

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

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

— Al Yankovic

There's a lot of different ways that a song would be a challenge to parody. There are a lot of songs that…

— Al Yankovic

I'm always a little leery about doing shows where I'm not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I…

— Al Yankovic

Many years ago I found out something about hamburgers that really grossed me out. You may not know this, so I hope…

— Al Yankovic

That's a big part of my life - doing things that I'm not prepared to do. Doing things that I don't know…

— Al Yankovic

Well I've made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it's probably my first and greatest influence in terms…

— Al Yankovic

I'm a music fan, and I can listen to the radio, or music, without thinking, "How am I going to screw this…

— Al Yankovic

Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you'll be watching TV, and it'll be interrupted by some…

— Al Yankovic

You don't need to be defined by your job.

— Al Yankovic

There aren't that many superstars around anymore.

— Al Yankovic

I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!

— Al Yankovic

It's hard to force creativity and humor.

— Al Yankovic

You fake something until you're good at it.

— Al Yankovic

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

— Al Yankovic

I mean, I don't write for kids.

— Al Yankovic

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

— Al Yankovic