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Quote by Al Yankovic
One of my pet peeves is that sometimes the talents of my band get

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 dont realize theres a lot of craft behind the comedy. – Al Yankovic

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People never ask people doing serious music, Do you ever think about doing funny music? – Al Yankovic

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So thats why one of my rules of parody writing is that its gotta be funny regardless of whether you know the source material. It has to work on its own merit. – Al Yankovic

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