Weird Al Yankovic

It was crazy. I mean, I was up against, gosh, I think I was up against Richard Pryor and Rodney Dangerfield and all these icons, and somehow I won. And every single Grammy is as wonderful of an experience. It never gets old. I never get jaded from those kind of honors because it's, you know, It's my peers showing their appreciation for what I do. So that's still mind blowing to me.

It was crazy. I mean, I was up against, gosh, I think I was up against Richard Pryor and Rodney Dangerfield and all these icons, and somehow I won. And every single Grammy is as wonderful of an experience. It never gets old. I never get jaded from those kind of honors because it's, you know, It's my peers showing their appreciation for what I do. So that's still mind blowing to me.

Well, because I was encouraged to stay at home pretty much all the time, my dad would try to think of ways that I could be amused. So at one point, it was a small house in Linwood, California, and they had a basement, which I don't know was like a... holdover from the Cold War. I don't know why we had a basement, but we did.

Well, because I was encouraged to stay at home pretty much all the time, my dad would try to think of ways that I could be amused. So at one point, it was a small house in Linwood, California, and they had a basement, which I don't know was like a... holdover from the Cold War. I don't know why we had a basement, but we did.

Well, because I was encouraged to stay at home pretty much all the time, my dad would try to think of ways that I could be amused. So at one point, it was a small house in Linwood, California, and they had a basement, which I don't know was like a... holdover from the Cold War. I don't know why we had a basement, but we did.

And at one point my dad knocked down the walls in the basement and he let me make tunnels under the house. So they called it the mole hole. And we'd just bring buckets and buckets of dirt out and I would make my own like little, you know, like ant farm kind of trails underneath the house. He said, as long as you don't dig underneath the foundation, have fun. Right. Right.

And at one point my dad knocked down the walls in the basement and he let me make tunnels under the house. So they called it the mole hole. And we'd just bring buckets and buckets of dirt out and I would make my own like little, you know, like ant farm kind of trails underneath the house. He said, as long as you don't dig underneath the foundation, have fun. Right. Right.

And at one point my dad knocked down the walls in the basement and he let me make tunnels under the house. So they called it the mole hole. And we'd just bring buckets and buckets of dirt out and I would make my own like little, you know, like ant farm kind of trails underneath the house. He said, as long as you don't dig underneath the foundation, have fun. Right. Right.

And it was such an odd thing, but my friends would come over and we'd like spend like the day under the house digging tunnels.

And it was such an odd thing, but my friends would come over and we'd like spend like the day under the house digging tunnels.

And it was such an odd thing, but my friends would come over and we'd like spend like the day under the house digging tunnels.

I never collapsed the house, but they knew where I was at least.

I never collapsed the house, but they knew where I was at least.

I never collapsed the house, but they knew where I was at least.

I remember my mom telling me once that when I was a young kid on the playground, she saw a woman approaching me, and she said that she had a vision that this woman was growing devil horns and that she was going to— do some harm to me. So she ran and picked me up and took me home immediately. So that had to be a manifestation of some kind of paranoia or fear.

I remember my mom telling me once that when I was a young kid on the playground, she saw a woman approaching me, and she said that she had a vision that this woman was growing devil horns and that she was going to— do some harm to me. So she ran and picked me up and took me home immediately. So that had to be a manifestation of some kind of paranoia or fear.

I remember my mom telling me once that when I was a young kid on the playground, she saw a woman approaching me, and she said that she had a vision that this woman was growing devil horns and that she was going to— do some harm to me. So she ran and picked me up and took me home immediately. So that had to be a manifestation of some kind of paranoia or fear.

I mean, she was very concerned with people, you know, harming me in some way. So she basically, my entire childhood was her doing her best to protect me. And it was all well-meaning and again, came from a place of pure love. But as a child and especially as a teenager, it felt very restrictive. And it was, you know, I kind of had a lot of bitterness about it. In fact,

I mean, she was very concerned with people, you know, harming me in some way. So she basically, my entire childhood was her doing her best to protect me. And it was all well-meaning and again, came from a place of pure love. But as a child and especially as a teenager, it felt very restrictive. And it was, you know, I kind of had a lot of bitterness about it. In fact,

I mean, she was very concerned with people, you know, harming me in some way. So she basically, my entire childhood was her doing her best to protect me. And it was all well-meaning and again, came from a place of pure love. But as a child and especially as a teenager, it felt very restrictive. And it was, you know, I kind of had a lot of bitterness about it. In fact,