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 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.
More Bo Burnham Quotes
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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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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 like a gay geneticist loves designer genes.
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When life gets you down, make a comforter!
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And two balls minus one, six titles at the tour de France.
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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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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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If comedy is about surprises, about tension, there’s a lot of tension and surprise there, in the fact that people are expecting this to be natural.
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Bitches and hoes don’t exist because the hoes know Bo’s a feminist.
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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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Do you guys like impressions? “Why?” That was Socrates.
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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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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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I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost… my virginity.
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I 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.
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