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Al Yankovic


American
October 23, 1959
Comedian
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Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.


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There aren't that many superstars around anymore.


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My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.


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I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes.


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A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.


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I've learned how to use my spam filter pretty effectively.


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If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.


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I don't think there are any new media I'd like to cover.


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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 think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.
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People that were a little nerdy in high school would look up to me and know it gets better.


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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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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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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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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.
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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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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?'
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