I always wanted to be a comedian and actor. I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I’m OK, but that’s about it. I like to think I’m good enough not to negatively affect the performance.
BO BURNHAMThe biggest danger, for me, with making yourself your act is that a lot of people with think they know you for better or worse. That’s an ongoing struggle with me and it can get really trippy sometimes.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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Bitches and hoes don’t exist because the hoes know Bo’s a feminist.
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Do unto others as you would have them do to you, said the rapist.
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Love is all about… whistles.
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There’s a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that’s a bit blurred in my mind.
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I saw a giraffe with a short neck That was sad Or a deer
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I never said I was funny, OK, so stop staring at me.
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I feel more like I’m doing a play whose main character just happens to share my name.
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I’m happy with what I’m doing. I try not to focus on how I’ve changed. I just try to focus on what I’m doing now.
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“Do I really want to make a joke about a miscarriage when a woman in the audience might have had one?” I don’t worship comedy; at the end of the day I don’t fall to the altar of comedy unquestioningly.
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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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Quotes are for dumb people who can’t think of something intelligent to say on their own.
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Because I see that as a crutch sometimes and I want to know that I can do something funny and worthwhile without that. And also make a show that my parents would like and that kids could watch with their parents.
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What’s that? My six song album entitled Bo Fo Sho is currently available on iTunes? With three songs that have never been heard on the internet? Uh, and if I try to pirate it for free I’ll get AIDS? I would have guessed scurvy. Well, see you later ghost of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.
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I’m friends with a lot of comedians, but we don’t talk about material. Most comedians I know don’t watch a lot of other comedy.
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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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