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

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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmother had to go once a week to Manhattan to buy provisions - very primitive.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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Sometimes we misunderstand what films can do. We just throw a whole book in there, with people just talking, talking, and talking. The picture can tell, the frame can tell.
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None of Girls' Generation would be possible without the fans.
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We are looking at a future where to a first approximation, everyone is wealthy.
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We don't sit down and go, 'People are uneasy about the economy. Let's write about that.'
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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.