I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out. Al Yankovic More Quotes by Al Yankovic More Quotes From Al Yankovic 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 merit writing funny 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 clever song thinking I love the way they run in fright when I turn on the kitchen light. And when I squish them on the ground, they make a pleasant crunchy sound. Al Yankovic light running animal There's enough people that do unfunny music. I'll leave the serious stuff to Paris Hilton and Kevin Federline. Al Yankovic kevin paris people You fake something until you're good at it. Al Yankovic fake fake-people people I'm watching the charts every week and hoping something will pop into my head. Al Yankovic week pops I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me. Al Yankovic hate mean way I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture. Al Yankovic nerd culture thinking 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 track people looks I was a huge fan of 'Mad' magazine when I was 11, 12, 13 years old. I'd scour used bookstores trying to find back issues, and I'd wait at the newsstand for a new issue to come out. My life revolved around it. Al Yankovic issues mad years 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 careers kids years 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. Al Yankovic song trying ideas I'll be mellow when I'm dead. Al Yankovic mellow suicide death 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 notebook writing thinking Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you'll be watching TV, and it'll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you'll actually find yourself thinking, 'I don't want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to 'The Flintstones'?' Al Yankovic finding-yourself people thinking 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 screenplays motivated kind 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 austin kind artist When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience. Al Yankovic bonding family-bonding shows Whenever I do a parody it's not meant to make you hate anybody's music really. Al Yankovic parody hate I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes. Al Yankovic artist wish long
