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Al Yankovic

American Comedian

Born: Oct 23, 1959

Good Life Me People Think You

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Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that's not me. Al Yankovic

Me People Some People Out Some Weirdness Advertise Spread Want

You fake something until you're good at it. Al Yankovic

Good You Something Until Fake

If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it. Al Yankovic

Good People Will Enough Out See Something

I've learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively. Al Yankovic

Filter Pretty Learned How Effectively Spam Use

My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation. Al Yankovic

Vocation Sort Became Gradually Hobbies Just

I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, 'OK, this is what I'm going to do for a living and I'm going to be Weird Al.' Al Yankovic

Mirror Singing Living Bathroom OK Never Had Weird Suppose Rock Said Rock Star Going While Fantasies Really Star Al

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

You Job Defined Your Need

There aren't that many superstars around anymore. Al Yankovic

Superstars Around Anymore Many

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

Me Offended Somebody Too Get

There are probably a few library fines I haven't paid yet, but I'm a pretty clean-cut guy overall. Al Yankovic

Library Few Pretty Fines Guy Clean-Cut Overall Paid

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. It has to work on its own merit. Al Yankovic

Work Funny You Writing Own Rules Parody Merit Know Material Gotta Source Source Material Regardless Whether Why

When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me. Al Yankovic

Best Me Guidance Old Thought Kid Architect Counselor Had Because Years Going Choice Convinced Career Career Choice

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 find it hard to be motivated to do another screenplay right now. Al Yankovic

Love Property Kind Find Could Involved Tied Another Motivated Get Just Movie Screenplay If I Could Hard Now Right Right Kind

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

Melody Rap Per Songs Lot

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. Al Yankovic

Whenever I do a parody it's not meant to make you hate anybody's music really. Al Yankovic

Music You Hate Parody Make Anybody Whenever Really Meant

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. Al Yankovic

Three Every Topical Release Though Only Had Deal Material Years Even Hardest Keeping Things Four Albums Career

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

Will Every Hoping Something Charts Week Head Pop Watching

By the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube. Al Yankovic

Time Song Recording YouTube Parody Studio By The Time

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. Al Yankovic

Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys. Al Yankovic

Percent Albums

I mean, I don't write for kids. Al Yankovic

Kids Write Mean

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