Al Yankovic

American-Comedian Born: October 23, 1959

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.

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.

I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture.

I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are horrible.

At this point I've got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when 'Weird Al' wants to go parody, it's not meant to make them look bad... it's meant to be a tribute.
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As a kid, I certainly never thought I would get to spend my life doing something fun.
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