Bo Burnham Quotes

Bo Burnham — American Comedian born on August 21, 1990,

Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham is an American comedian, singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and actor. Writing comedic and satirical songs that comment on social issues, celebrity culture, and the nature of comedy itself, he achieved fame when his YouTube videos gained great popularity; as of April 2015 his videos had been watched more than 152 million times... (wikipedia)

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.

The average person has one Fallopian tube.

For 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.

Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth.

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