American - Comedian | October 23, 1959 -
I'm very analytical, I'm very precise.
Al Yankovic
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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.
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As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.
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I'm still a geek on the inside, that's the important thing.
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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.
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I've learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.
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You fake something until you're good at it.
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When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
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One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get overlooked because, and it was the same problem that Frank Zappa had, with a lot of groups that use humor, people don't realize there's a lot of craft behind the comedy.
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The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.
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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.
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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.'
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