I just try to do things on stage that I think the audience would enjoy. And I try to draw on and add to acts that I’ve enjoyed watching.
BO BURNHAMWe’re having a traditional Thanksgiving – turkey, mashed potatoes, hat buckles, smallpox, genocide, a blue corn moon, etc.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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I got a safe full of cherries ’cause I pop it and lock it.
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If Jesus can walk on water, can he swim on land?
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Twitter is a lot like crystal meth, because it’s really fun to do and Oprah’s on it.
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I love you just the way you are but you don’t see you like I do. You shouldn’t try so hard to be perfect. Trust me, perfect should try to be you.
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At the time of ‘Words, Words, Words,’ I’m a 19-year-old getting up feeling like he’s entitled to do comedy and tell you what he thinks of the world, so that’s inherently a little bit ridiculous.
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When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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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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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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There’s a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that’s a bit blurred in my mind.
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I just think they aren’t true. I’m saying that our generation wants stuff that is substantial and challenging, as well as thoughtful and endearing. Well, I don’t know if I’m doing that, but I’m trying.
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Do you guys like impressions? “Why?” That was Socrates.
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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.
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Love is all about… whistles.
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Women are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don’t.
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They must have some special kind of cereal!’ My mind was so warped by the idea of fame.
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