Bo Burnham Quotes & Sayings

“In high school, I worked eight hours a day just so I could get into the college of my dreams and say that I got in - and I never went.”

“I like to call everyone that I find slightly annoying a 'sociopath.'”

“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.”

“At one point when I was very young, when I was first starting out, I thought, 'Well, one day I'll be able to put all the music away and become a real comedian.' But then I realized there are amazing musical comedians out there, that musical comedy is probably something I'll always want to pursue.”

“I remember being superyoung, like nine or ten years old, and thinking, 'Man, I wonder what famous people eat for breakfast. They must have some special kind of cereal!' My mind was so warped by the idea of fame.”

“I think it would collapse my heart if I was super famous. I don't have the nerve for it, I'm too anxious. I don't know how you're not obsessed with how people perceive you, because they're real people, you know? You can convince yourself that they don't really know you, and that's true, but how can it not hurt your feelings?”

“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.”

“I'm bored way too easily. I'm staring at screens half the day. I need to be overstimulated. And how will that express itself artistically?”

“I misdirect the audience, so they have no idea where they are or who they're listening to.”