When things [writing] are over, I always think, ‘well, I’m never going to do anything again because I have no ideas so I’m going to go be a farmer’. Or else ideas will come and and if not then I become a farmer. Hopefully won’t happen.
BO BURNHAMAll you god damn dirty Catholics can cath-o-lick my balls.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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I don’t want to try to recreate for no reason. Like, me in my bedroom, singing songs to a camera was a special thing that was at that time in my life. But I’m just not that kid. I like the format of it, but I want to be able to release things for free.
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I’m gay for Jesus, fill me with your grace. Pour your love all over me, but please aim away from my face.
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I got a safe full of cherries ’cause I pop it and lock it.
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I don’t need anything as long as I have my family, friends, millions of dollars, unlimited pussy.
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My persona on stage was always coming from a place of I know better than you and I’m going to be a little bit pretentious in your face with these sort of crass ideas.
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For me, if you distill comedy down, it is surprise and the unexpected. That has to be it on its most base level, in any form.
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I don’t try to call myself a poet. But I know that my stuff is pretty literal, in that the themes are pretty simple and on the surface.
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I’ve been doin’ drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike.
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I think comedy has a range, with multiple peaks in different areas. It’s like trying to compare Beethoven and the Beatles. Sometimes I hear from people, ‘I think you try too hard in your comedy.’ And that’s what I worry about.
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Do you guys like impressions? “Why?” That was Socrates.
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There’s a metal train that a mile long and at the very back end a lightning bolt struck her. How long til it reaches and kills the driver, provided that he’s a good conductor?
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People do complain about the way I act on stage… They think on stage I act too arrogant, too self-obsessed, solecistic, self-contained, synonyms.
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My work is trying to at least define myself on my own terms, and then if other people enjoy things that’s a lovely addition.
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Even if he is your friend, never, ever call an Asian person.
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Laughter is the best medicine, y’know, besides medicine.
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