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There’s a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that’s a bit blurred in my mind.

Bo Burnham

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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Feelings Thinking Time Years
There’s a certain line between jokes and music and poetry that’s a bit blurred in my mind.
BO BURNHAM

Certain Joke Lines Mind Poetry
I do think that stand-up comedy in general heavily favors masculinity and so I like to act a little feminine onstage.
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Favors Littles Thinking
Comedy is the one absolutely self-aware art form. Actually, hip-hop’s another one, I suppose. Because in your songs you’re talking about how good a hip-hop artist you are. It’s like a painter painting a panting of himself painting a painting.
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Art Aware Comedy Self Song
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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People Self Thinking
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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Faces Ideas Littles Persona
The 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.
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Strong Struggle Thinking
I remember being superyoung, like nine or ten years old, and thinking, ‘Man, I wonder what famous people eat for breakfast.
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Cereal Men Remember Thinking
My persona is most importantly just to communicate the material in a way that is most funny and meaningful in the moment. It’s more like a character that’s sculpted for whatever joke needs communicating at the moment.
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Character Meaningful Way
The world doesn’t need any more hot chicks or tough guys or smooth talkers – the world needs more you. And don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Anyone Otherwise Smooth Talker Tell
I work really hard on the shows and I think the shows speak for themselves. I don’t want to construct the show to prove something.
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Speak Thinking Want
Poetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.
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Fake Kings Talent
I don’t need anything as long as I have my family, friends, millions of dollars, unlimited pussy.
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Dollars Long Pussy
Women are like puzzles because prior to 1920 neither had the right to vote. Puzzles still don’t.
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Comedy Funny Humor Women
If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I’d still say no.
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Funny Guy Humor
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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Funny Gay Humor Jesus

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