Al Yankovic

Al Yankovic is an American singer, songwriter, parodist, record producer, satirist, actor, voice actor, music video director, film producer, 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.

Date of birth:
23rd October, 1959
Date of death:
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"I have a long-standing history of respecting artists’ wishes."
― Al Yankovic
Topic(s): History
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"It’s hard to force creativity and humor."
― Al Yankovic
Topic(s): Humor
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"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."
― Al Yankovic
Topic(s): Success
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"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."
― Al Yankovic
Topic(s): Funny
"People never ask people doing serious music, ‘Do you ever think about doing funny music?’"
― Al Yankovic
Topic(s): Funny
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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."
― Al Yankovic
Topic(s): Humor
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"When I go to my live shows it’s often a multigenerational audience, a family bonding experience."
― Al Yankovic
Topic(s): Experience

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