I have a pretty good math mind, so I can see patterns, but I don’t have a great ear. It’s like a tragedy – I can see so much more natural musical ability in so many other people.
BO BURNHAMIn the distance, Bo saw a fairy. A fairy so beautiful that he felt proud of being called one in highschool.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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 think the love-hate is fundamental. Everyone hates reality television, and everyone’s watching it. Everyone hates Facebook, and everyone is on 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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The thing is, I was on YouTube like the golden era, I think. Before ads came in, it was really cool back then.
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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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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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People give me money and I don’t know why, my real collection plate is an empty cup held by a homeless guy.
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I got a safe full of cherries ’cause I pop it and lock it.
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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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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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Happy Thanksgiving! I broke into Best Buy and stole a copy of Pocahontas to celebrate.
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I love you like a gay geneticist loves designer genes.
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I’m a stand up comic and I always sit and slouch, and I got my girlfriend pregnant on my sterile uncles pull-out couch.
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Where are all the sour patch parents?
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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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