245 Quotes by Al Yankovic

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

My velvet Elvis means the world to me. Although he may not be worth much dough, he means more to me than some old Rembrandt or Van Gogh.

People never ask people doing serious music, 'Do you ever think about doing funny music?'

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'm always a little leery about doing shows where I'm not the headliner because when I first started playing in 1982 I opened for Missing Persons and got pelted for 45 minutes. After that, I made the decision to headline no matter what, even if I was playing to seven people. I wanted people to be there to see me.

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.

He died a long painful death. However, you'll be happy to hear that just a few years later he was reincarnated as Shirley MacLaine.

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

I was abducted by some aliens from space who kind a looked like Jamie Farr.