Occupation: Singer-Songwriter Birth: October 23, 1959
I suppose I had my rock star fantasies while I was singing into my hairbrush in the bathroom mirror, but I never really consciously said, 'OK, this i….
I make charts of songs that are good candidates, good targets, so to speak. Then I try to come up with ideas for parodies. And 99% of those ideas are….
I start with a comprehensive list of all the recent songs that have been big hits - and then I go down that list and see if I can come up with funny ….
As a wise man once said, “April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people's heads.”.
People say releasing an album is like giving birth, but it’s more like having a gallbladder operation..
By the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube..
I don't watch a lot of other people's parodies because I don't want to be unduly influenced..
I mean, I hate to gloat, but I'm extremely satisfied with my position in life and the way things have worked out for me..
Pop culture's gotten much more disposable..
I don't really look at myself as the kind of person who craves attention, but I've never been to therapy so there's probably a lot of stuff about mys….
I don't like to label myself. I know I'm very hard to pigeonhole..
As my father used to tell me, the only true sign of success in life is being able to do for a living that which makes you happy..
One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every three or four yea….
I think that nerds, if you want to call them that, have only gotten more hip and assimilated into the culture..
I'm very analytical, I'm very precise. I mean, I don't write for kids..
There are probably a few library fines I haven't paid yet, but I'm a pretty clean-cut guy overall..
Sometimes I get, "Have you ever thought about doing real music?" I like to think the music I do is real, it just happens to be funny..
I know I'm a million times as humble as thou art!.
Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you'll be watching TV, and it'll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you'll actu….
You can try on our suede underwear if you choose. Do what you want, but don't step on my blue suede shoes..
I dated Siamese twins, I slept with Big Foot, too. Get me on Sally Jesse, put me on Donahue..