Weird Al Yankovic (Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic) Quotes

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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• This town was built on nepotism.

  

  Damon Wayans
  • Built
  • Town
  • Nepotism

• Part of America's greatness is its willingness to care for those who are truly in need. But those who defraud the system take money and resources away not only from American taxpayers but also from those who truly need help.

  

  Gary Bauer
  • Money
  • American
  • America

• Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.

  

  Maggie Hassan
  • Women
  • Service
  • Grow

• Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.

  

  Samuel Beckett
  • Me
  • Hell
  • Shine

• I've found that entrepreneurial success usually comes through great execution, simply by doing a superior job of doing the blocking and tackling.

  

  Naveen Jain
  • Great
  • Job
  • Success

• I'm not so sure I believe in dopplegangers. I just prefer to be Dane DeHaan.

  

  Dane DeHaan
  • Believe
  • I Believe
  • Just

• Crises are part of life. Everybody has to face them, and it doesn't make any difference what the crisis is.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Life
  • Difference
  • Crisis

• Anytime I listen to my gut and I don't do something, or I do, it always tends to work out in my favor.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Work
  • Always
  • Listen

• I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.

  

  Earl Warren
  • Hate
  • Care
  • Positive

• Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.

  

  Idris Elba
  • Great
  • Why
  • Change

• I don't want to live in a nanny state where people are telling me where I can go and what I can do.

  

  Rand Paul
  • People
  • Live
  • Want

• I don't really care how I sound.

  

  Victoria Azarenka
  • Care
  • Sound
  • How

• I'm someone that examines culture and tries to break down why things are the way that they are whether its hip-hop music, sex, race, or consumerism. I try to examine it and scrutinize it to the point where I can write a song.

  

  Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
  • Music
  • Why
  • Song

• Syria is important because it lies at the heart of a region critical to U.S. security, a region that is home to friends and partners and one of our closest allies. It is important because the Syrian regime possesses stores of chemical weapons that they have recently used on a large scale and that we cannot allow to fall into terrorists' hands.

  

  Samantha Power
  • Important
  • Heart
  • Home

• Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.

  

  Hans Haacke
  • Work
  • Museums
  • Walls

• To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.

  

  Warren Moon
  • Feeling
  • Best
  • Being

• I remember clearly, when I was about 4, my Aunt Linda said, 'I'm not babysitting him no more. He's bad.' It was one of the first conscious shifts I remember making. I decided, 'I'm going to be good now.'

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Good
  • Remember
  • Bad

• Gustafsson is a stud, man. He's a good fighter.

  

  Daniel Cormier
  • Good
  • Man
  • Fighter

• I'm a songwriter, an artist, and a musician. I do not have to try to be that; I just am.

  

  Linda Perry 4 Non Blondes

• The urge to run, the restlessness.The heart of stone I sometimes get.The things I've done for foolish pride.The me that's never satisfied.That face that's in the mirror.When I don't like what I see.I guess that's just the cowboy in me.

  

  Tim McGraw
  • Heart
  • Done
  • Pride

• I'm just a journalist. I shine a mirror to the culture. I give the cop-out answer.

  

  Mark Leibovich
  • Culture
  • Giving
  • Mirror

• When I was younger, I was able to write with music playing in the background, but these days, I can't. I find it distracting. Even when the music is just instrumental or has lyrics in a language I don't understand, the clash between the voices in my head and the song can be very disorienting.

  

  Daniel Alarcon
  • Music
  • Song
  • Language

• The president felt that it was important to send an ordinary citizen to experience the excitement of space travel as a representative for all Americans.

  

  Christa McAuliffe
  • Important
  • Experience
  • Space

• 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.'

  

  Weird Al Yankovic
  • Rock
  • Star
  • Singing