American - Comedian | October 23, 1959 -
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
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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.
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Whenever I do a parody it's not meant to make you hate anybody's music really.
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I did have a child, and I was reading a lot of picture books to her, but at the same time writing a children's book was something that I'd been wanting to do for many years, pretty much since the start of my career.
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I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.
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As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.
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There aren't that many superstars around anymore.
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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.
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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.
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As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it's been a huge promotional tool for me.
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I'm watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head.
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By the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.
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