I’ve been doin’ drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike.
BO BURNHAMI’ve been doin’ drive-bys all of my life. Except the bullets are newspapers, the car is my bike.
BO BURNHAMFor 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.
BO BURNHAMIf I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, I’d still say no.
BO BURNHAMMy 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.
BO BURNHAMPoetic talent is really easy to fake when thy sentences doth no f-king sense make.
BO BURNHAMI’m gay for Jesus, fill me with your grace. Pour your love all over me, but please aim away from my face.
BO BURNHAMThey must have some special kind of cereal!’ My mind was so warped by the idea of fame.
BO BURNHAMLove is all about… whistles.
BO BURNHAMWomen are like fingers and toes because they’re easy to count on.
BO BURNHAMI’m a stand up comic and I always sit and slouch, and I got my girlfriend pregnant on my sterile uncles pull-out couch.
BO BURNHAMIf Jesus can walk on water, can he swim on land?
BO BURNHAMHow old is too old to stop believing in, like, the tooth fairy? Like 12? I’ve got a cousin who is 18… Yeah, still believes in gay marriage.
BO BURNHAMI’m interested in taboos for certain reasons. They can dramatise things and they’re scary, and they’re important to think about.
BO BURNHAMI never felt like I was stealing anyone’s fans as much as I was introducing some younger people to comedy who will eventually find tons of other comedians that they love.
BO BURNHAMI 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.
BO BURNHAMI know it’s the comedian’s instinct to say, “Do it, man, nothing’s off-limits! It’s cool, bro!” I don’t know if that’s the answer for me.
BO BURNHAM