My hobbies just sort of gradually became my vocation.

Some people want to advertise their weirdness, and spread it out, that's not me.

At this point I've got a bit of a track record. So people realize that when 'Weird Al' wants to go parody, it's not meant to make them look bad... it's meant to be a tribute.

I've always known that if I recorded an album, it would come out, and people would enjoy it! Whereas if I wrote a movie script, chances are better than even that I'd just be another guy in L.A. with a movie script in his drawer.

When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me.

There are a lot of songs that would ostensibly be a good candidate for parody, yet I can't think of a clever enough idea.

Didn't have Nintendo, we just poured salt on snails.