Top 59 Quotes by Al Yankovic

As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy.

As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.

It becomes more important to me as time goes on to make every album the best thing I've ever done, so it's a lot of self-imposed pressure that also kind of slows me down a bit.

One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four years.

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

Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that's not me.

The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over the years.

My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.

I'm still a geek on the inside, that's the important thing.

So that's why one of my rules of parody writing is that it's gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit.