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Famous Quotes
Quotes by Al Yankovic
- 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.
- I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes.
- In the '80s, I was putting out an album virtually every year, I think mostly based on fear - that if I didn't, people would soon forget about me.
- It's hard to force creativity and humor.
- 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.
- People never ask people doing serious music, 'Do you ever think about doing funny music?'
- 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.
- When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.
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