Weird Al Yankovic

Why?

I don't want to be involved in a drive-by.

People are going to do what they're going to do.

I think when sampling became more of a thing, like, you know, rappers getting permission for samples, then people, like, kind of understood more like what I did.

Because when I started in the 80s and I was asking to borrow people's music, that was a whole alien concept.

Like, you're going to do what?

What?

But now it's sort of like, oh, it's sort of like you're sampling the whole song.

I get it now, yeah.

I don't want to mention anything, but every now and then, I don't know if they're just, there might just be, just being nice, but like parties will say, oh, when are you going to do one of my songs?

No, they'll be nice.

They want it.

So if you haven't listened to pop music in three years, like, oh, just get the Weird Al record and you'll be all up to date.

I understand that.

I think you kind of go for the comfort food.

Like, you know, when I just want to listen to music, now I kind of listen to the kind of music I listened to in college, you know?

Because for the longest time, my job description involved me, like, studying the Billboard charts and knowing exactly what was happening in music, which I enjoyed doing.

But now that that's less of what I'm about, I find myself gravitating towards, like, the stuff I listened to in high school, you know?

Right, right.

And I guess you're saying that there's nothing wrong with...