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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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
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I didn't really understand racism because I grew up in an all-black society, so I didn't see how it was possible not to like me!
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I want to know what it's like to play in a Super Bowl and win one. My career will be great without it. But, personally, selfishly, I want to know what it feels like.
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Maybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out.
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I like being able to see an innocence in people. I see a lot of beauty in youth. Young people are in progress. Their faces and bodies and minds are constantly changing. It's exciting to capture that on film.
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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.
