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I think to simply make fun of something isn't particularly interesting. I try to not just do a parody of something or belittle something or disparage something.

I parody myself every chance I get. I try to make fun of myself and let people know that I'm a human being, and these things that have happened to me are real. I'm not just some cartoon who exists and suddenly doesn't exist.

I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery.

By the very nature of satire or parody, you have to love and respect your target and respect it enough to understand every aspect of it, so you can more effectively make fun of it.

I see parody as another form of comedy.

My personal taste doesn't enter into it a lot when I make my decisions as to what to parody.

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

Anybody who does not evolve can become a self-parody. I have to evolve on a daily basis just to keep my own interest in what I do.

I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.

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.