Weird Al Yankovic

Yeah, I mean, it became very much an inner world kind of thing where I relied on my imagination a lot. And that probably was helpful in terms of songwriting and creativity. And yeah, I would think that a lot of my work back then and probably to this day as a result of just kind of being confined to my...

Yeah. I don't know how much I want to blame the age difference on it because no matter what my age was. I think as a verifiable nerd, I would not have really fit in with my classmates. But the fact that I was two years younger certainly didn't help. I started high school when I was 12 years old, graduated when I was 16. I was too young to drive.

Yeah. I don't know how much I want to blame the age difference on it because no matter what my age was. I think as a verifiable nerd, I would not have really fit in with my classmates. But the fact that I was two years younger certainly didn't help. I started high school when I was 12 years old, graduated when I was 16. I was too young to drive.

Yeah. I don't know how much I want to blame the age difference on it because no matter what my age was. I think as a verifiable nerd, I would not have really fit in with my classmates. But the fact that I was two years younger certainly didn't help. I started high school when I was 12 years old, graduated when I was 16. I was too young to drive.

My folks wouldn't let me hang out with other kids for the most part. Yeah, socially it was not a pleasant experience.

My folks wouldn't let me hang out with other kids for the most part. Yeah, socially it was not a pleasant experience.

My folks wouldn't let me hang out with other kids for the most part. Yeah, socially it was not a pleasant experience.

You know, it just keeps piling on, doesn't it? Yeah, the accordion started much earlier than that. I think my first music lesson, my first accordion lesson was the day before my seventh birthday. So I started very young. I took three years of accordion lessons. And after that, I stopped, I guess. And just kind of played on my own. I could play by ear pretty well.

You know, it just keeps piling on, doesn't it? Yeah, the accordion started much earlier than that. I think my first music lesson, my first accordion lesson was the day before my seventh birthday. So I started very young. I took three years of accordion lessons. And after that, I stopped, I guess. And just kind of played on my own. I could play by ear pretty well.

You know, it just keeps piling on, doesn't it? Yeah, the accordion started much earlier than that. I think my first music lesson, my first accordion lesson was the day before my seventh birthday. So I started very young. I took three years of accordion lessons. And after that, I stopped, I guess. And just kind of played on my own. I could play by ear pretty well.

I could read music for the most part. But I thought it was fun to just listen to the radio and just try to emulate what I was hearing. And my dad liked to sing around the house. He would sing these old World War II Army songs. And I would play along with him. We'd tear it up that way. But... I obviously never fit in.

I could read music for the most part. But I thought it was fun to just listen to the radio and just try to emulate what I was hearing. And my dad liked to sing around the house. He would sing these old World War II Army songs. And I would play along with him. We'd tear it up that way. But... I obviously never fit in.

I could read music for the most part. But I thought it was fun to just listen to the radio and just try to emulate what I was hearing. And my dad liked to sing around the house. He would sing these old World War II Army songs. And I would play along with him. We'd tear it up that way. But... I obviously never fit in.

When I got to be 12, 13 years old, I would try to get together with friends and say, hey, you want me to play in your rock band? And they would say, no. So I learned pretty early on that if I wanted to stay with that instrument, I would kind of have to go my own way.

When I got to be 12, 13 years old, I would try to get together with friends and say, hey, you want me to play in your rock band? And they would say, no. So I learned pretty early on that if I wanted to stay with that instrument, I would kind of have to go my own way.

When I got to be 12, 13 years old, I would try to get together with friends and say, hey, you want me to play in your rock band? And they would say, no. So I learned pretty early on that if I wanted to stay with that instrument, I would kind of have to go my own way.

Well, my last album was 2014, Mandatory Fun.

Well, my last album was 2014, Mandatory Fun.

Well, my last album was 2014, Mandatory Fun.

Yeah. Yeah.