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Al Yankovic Biography

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (/ˈjæŋkəvɪk/ YANG-kə-vik; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter, film/record producer, satirist, and author. He is known for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts, original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, and polka medleys of several popular songs, featuring his favored instrument, the accordion.

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I don't watch anything on a regular basis - I tend to binge-watch things.

Bases, Binge, Regular, Things, Watch, Watches

Well I've made no secret of my life long love of MAD Magazine, it's probably my first and greatest influence in terms of my comic sensibilities. I've known John [Ficarra] for many years, and we've been friends. About four or five months ago, at a dinner in New York, John made the very nice offer of my being guest editor for an issue of MAD and I thought about it for about half a nanosecond and decided that was a pretty good idea.

Editors, Greatest, Mad, New York, Nice, Secret

My own personal tastes don't really have an effect on whether song is a parody target or not. But having said that, I try to pick songs that I actually like because I realize that I have to live with these songs for a long time, from when I'm working on them in the studio to possibly playing them onstage for the rest of my life. So I try not to pick songs that I know would drive me crazy.

Crazy, Life, Long, Possibly, Song

Probably 90 percent of my albums have polka medleys.

Albums, Medley, Medleys, Polka

You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don't step on my blue suede shoes.

Blue, Shoes, Trying, Underwear, Choose

In a genre where most of the artists are one-hit wonders, I've been able to hang around longer than most "serious" acts. I pride myself in being a very talented leech.

Acts, Artist, Leeches, Longer, Pride, Wonders

I'll be mellow when I'm dead.

Dead, Death, Mellow, Suicide

I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!

Art, Humble, Knows, Times

I'm very analytical, I'm very precise.

Analytical, Precise

By the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube.

Parodies, Parody, Song, Studio, Youtube

Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month.

Art, Costs, Media, Month, Wrestling

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

Artist, Artists, Supportive, Years

The window doesn't open, the fan is broke, and my face is turning blue. I haven't been in a crowd like this since I went to see the Who.

Blue, Broke, Face, Fans, Musical

Until you came along I never dated anyone this low on the food chain.

Came, Chain, Chains, Food, Food Chain, Lows

I like to think that I've gotten better at what I do. I spend more time and pay more attention to detail album after album. But pretty much it's stayed the same.

Albums, Detail, Details, Pay, Thinking, Time

No Joni Mitchell 8 track tapes in my car.

Track, Car, Musical, Tapes, Mitchell

When I go to my live shows it's often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience.

Audience, Bonding, Family, Family Bonding, Shows

I'll bet every great thinker and leader we've got Could see all kinds of things other people could not! So then why get upset if somebody like me Tries to look at the world just a bit differently?

Differently, Kinds, Leader, Look, People, Upset

Boys like Peter are afraid of alot of things, like nuclear annihilation and flunking algebra, but they're not afraid of wolves.

Afraid, Algebra, Boys, Games, Like, Nuclear

I tend to enunciate pretty well. It's always seemed that my voice is one of those voices that people can recognize pretty easily - which has been a bit of a drawback for some characters because you're supposed to lose yourself in the character, but sometimes people look at a character and go "Oh, it's 'Weird Al. '"

Character, Drawback, Look, People, Supposed, Voice

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