A biography for Bo Burnhamhasn’t been written yet.
“The average person has one Fallopian tube.”
“I grew up listening to Steve Martin and Robin Williams, so I didn't ever intend to be a musical comedian. I sort of stumbled into it.”
“I've come across people referring to themselves as 'Vine famous.' Some of them started out by putting up Vines just for fun, then all of a sudden they get a bunch of fans, and a week later their Vines are totally different. They become obsessed with how their videos will be perceived.”
“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.”
“Don't worry, I'm hilarious.”
“I love you just the way you arebut 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.”
“I'm very left-brain.”
“If I was confronted with some 20-year-old American hotshot, I'd hate him.”
“The strength of comedy is I don't have to answer to anybody, but sometimes you want to learn from other people and see your ideas strengthen by other people.”
“Comedy should be a source of positivity. I don't want to bully people, and I don't want people to come to my show to feel terrible about something. So I'm actually very open to having a conversation about what I should or shouldn't say.”
“'what.' is bombastic introspection. It's large, colourful, and loud but hopefully intimate at the same time.”
“Music is really, really mathematical.”
“I don't interact with people much.”
“I really like The Beatles.”
“Please don't stick with me if I start sucking.”
“Most of my songs make fun of myself.”
“I don't mind having 16-year-old fans, but I hate just having 16-year-old fans. I want more diversity.”
“I just look at Miley Cyrus, and I'm like, 'Great, you've doubled your audience. But you've also doubled the number of people that hate you, and doesn't that hurt?' It takes a crazy person not to be affected by that.”
“Your hard work and talent will not pay off.”
“Well, man, you know what they say."No, I don't. I don't know what they say. I don't even know who they are. Who is this they? They seem pretty smug. They seem to think they know shit. Fuck them.”