"I was born 25 years ago. For 3 years I've ruled as Lynwood's Weird Al, but for all these years, I've never been the ruler of my own dreams. I have seen the gates of music by other people, beyond which no waking eye may see. Behold, in darkness, a doom sweeps the land. This is the 8th of September, the year of Dare to be Stupid, 1985. These are the closing days of the Yankovic era, and the final hours of my life."
- "Weird Al" Yankovic, first of his name.