Weird Al Yankovic

I got to put out my We're the Allianz of Exturia a couple years ago. So, you know, I've still been very busy and

it it's just that you know uh it's it's kind of on my own terms uh i i i don't feel like i i need to continue creating like it in the 80s like in the 80s i was like i can't believe we got a record deal and and i felt like i had to put an album every album every single year because otherwise it would all go away like you got to grab that brass ring every time it comes around

it it's just that you know uh it's it's kind of on my own terms uh i i i don't feel like i i need to continue creating like it in the 80s like in the 80s i was like i can't believe we got a record deal and and i felt like i had to put an album every album every single year because otherwise it would all go away like you got to grab that brass ring every time it comes around

it it's just that you know uh it's it's kind of on my own terms uh i i i don't feel like i i need to continue creating like it in the 80s like in the 80s i was like i can't believe we got a record deal and and i felt like i had to put an album every album every single year because otherwise it would all go away like you got to grab that brass ring every time it comes around

And it took me a while before I realized that, you know, I've had some hit albums, some albums that didn't do so well, but I was doing well enough that people still wanted to hear from me and I had an actual career. And once I realized I could calm down a little bit, I was just kind of putting out things whenever I felt like it and my fan base grew. you know, basically stayed with me.

And it took me a while before I realized that, you know, I've had some hit albums, some albums that didn't do so well, but I was doing well enough that people still wanted to hear from me and I had an actual career. And once I realized I could calm down a little bit, I was just kind of putting out things whenever I felt like it and my fan base grew. you know, basically stayed with me.

And it took me a while before I realized that, you know, I've had some hit albums, some albums that didn't do so well, but I was doing well enough that people still wanted to hear from me and I had an actual career. And once I realized I could calm down a little bit, I was just kind of putting out things whenever I felt like it and my fan base grew. you know, basically stayed with me.

So that's a nice place to be.

So that's a nice place to be.

So that's a nice place to be.

Yeah, it's a small, it was a, you know, gradual process. I think it maybe started sometime in the mid-90s, which you probably can see because the span between albums got longer and longer.

Yeah, it's a small, it was a, you know, gradual process. I think it maybe started sometime in the mid-90s, which you probably can see because the span between albums got longer and longer.

Yeah, it's a small, it was a, you know, gradual process. I think it maybe started sometime in the mid-90s, which you probably can see because the span between albums got longer and longer.

Uh, and, and, and in a big way, you know, since my last album, I kind of feel like, you know, uh, I I'll continue to be creative, but, but, um, I'm just not going to have to like come up with 12 songs and put them all out at once. I can just do songs whenever they occur to me.

Uh, and, and, and in a big way, you know, since my last album, I kind of feel like, you know, uh, I I'll continue to be creative, but, but, um, I'm just not going to have to like come up with 12 songs and put them all out at once. I can just do songs whenever they occur to me.

Uh, and, and, and in a big way, you know, since my last album, I kind of feel like, you know, uh, I I'll continue to be creative, but, but, um, I'm just not going to have to like come up with 12 songs and put them all out at once. I can just do songs whenever they occur to me.

architecture yeah that was that came about um when i was 12 years old um i i was uh had a meeting with my my high school guidance counselor um uh and and uh i told him he said what do you want to do for a living and i said well you know i i'd really like to uh be a contributor to mad magazine i'd like to write and illustrate for mad magazine and he kind of looked at me and said

architecture yeah that was that came about um when i was 12 years old um i i was uh had a meeting with my my high school guidance counselor um uh and and uh i told him he said what do you want to do for a living and i said well you know i i'd really like to uh be a contributor to mad magazine i'd like to write and illustrate for mad magazine and he kind of looked at me and said

architecture yeah that was that came about um when i was 12 years old um i i was uh had a meeting with my my high school guidance counselor um uh and and uh i told him he said what do you want to do for a living and i said well you know i i'd really like to uh be a contributor to mad magazine i'd like to write and illustrate for mad magazine and he kind of looked at me and said

Yeah, no, that's not really a job for a grown-up. You want to have a real job, you know. Because I think, I don't know what it's like now, but certainly back in the 70s, I don't think anybody would encourage you to go into show business or go into the arts.