People never ask people doing serious music, ’Do you ever think about doing funny music?’

Yankovic points to a cultural double standard in how comedy is valued versus “serious” art. Comic musicians are often treated as if they are dabbling in a lesser form and are asked when they will “graduate” to earnest work, while artists in prestigious genres are rarely challenged to justify their seriousness or to prove they can be funny. The remark defends parody and comedic songwriting as legitimate craft—requiring musical fluency, timing, and audience insight—rather than a fallback for those unable to do “real” music. It also critiques gatekeeping: seriousness is assumed to confer artistic credibility, whereas humor is treated as a detour from it.