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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 on whether or not they had a good seat?

~Al Yankovic

Topics: Artist Austin Base Entire Good Had Kind Morons Newspapers Performance Review Seat Whether Working Would You

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When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.

~Al Yankovic

Topics: Audience Bonding Experience Family Go Live Live Shows Often Shows

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There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea.

~Al Yankovic

Topics: Candidate Clever Enough Good Idea Lot Parody Songs Think Would

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It's hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough idea for it, I go for it, and if not, then I have to move on.

~Al Yankovic

Topics: Another Articulate Come Enough Go Go For It Good Hard Idea Make Move Move On Parameters Really Song Then Up I Can

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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.

~Al Yankovic

Topics: Certainly Doing Fun Get Kid Life My Life Never Something Something Fun Spend Thought Would

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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.

~Al Yankovic

Topics: Amusing Anecdotes Arrange Down Edit Full Help Ideas Notebook Parts Points Story Storyline Tell Them Then Think Try Way Would Write I Think I Write

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You fake something until you're good at it.

~Al Yankovic

Topics: Fake Good Something Until You

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

~Al Yankovic

Topics: Defined Job Need You Your

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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.

~Al Yankovic

Topics: About Attention Been Craves Kind Know Look Lot Myself Never Person Really Stuff Therapy Who

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

~Al Yankovic

Topics: Decisions Enter Lot Make Parody Personal Taste

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Comedian

Born: October 23rd, 1959

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