Bo Burnham Quotes

Getting to say that I'm famous on YouTube is fun.

I'm a micro-celebrity, about as small a celebrity as you can be.

I think YouTube used to have a negative connotation, like it was the place where the rejects went and made careers, but I'm proud to be YouTuber. I wanted to be in that first generation of YouTube stars who transitioned into the 'real world.' It was a really good way to build my business.

I might not have won 'Drag Race,' but I won the Internet.

One of the biggest misconceptions that has been thrown out there is the fact that I started on Vine.

If you become a viral star, that is terrific!

It's very easy to make a viral video, but longevity and consistency, that's hard.

A lot of people who are 'social media' stars aren't considered to be 'real' stars, and people underestimate the amount of work it takes to edit and upload a video every single day and document your life like that.

YouTube is such a funny little world. You can create a fanbase.

YouTube did more for me than 'America's Got Talent.'

When I first started YouTubeing, the idea was, 'Oh, YouTube is going to be a stepping stone to get to other places,' and I just totally don't agree with that. I think YouTube is amazing. The digital space is amazing.

When I first started, I wasn't trying to go viral. I just liked making funny videos, content that people would enjoy.

I don't want to be a Snapchat star. I barely want to be a YouTube star.

I have no interest that I go to India or go to Hollywood or Bollywood. I'm not interested. I am a social media sensation. This is what I like.

I first went on YouTube aged 15, and people were saying, 'Why not do this cover?' Then they wanted to hear my own stuff live, and it escalated from there. Selena Gomez's parents found my videos and manage me to this day.

Before I was even famous, I was famous on Facebook.

Bieber is the first mega YouTube star, born inexplicably out of a novel and disruptive medium. It has, of course, always been so for pop culture: feverish bubbles, silly novelty acts and disconcerting new forces impose themselves on a reluctant and condescending media.

People didn't go on YouTube to get famous back when I started.

I ask myself all the time, 'How do I always go viral?'

I was doing some YouTube covers, and I had a decently popular blog on Tumblr.

It's a world now where you don't necessarily have to be on the radio or be on the TV to be a star. Your audience can find you and find the music.

I am not hungry for roles on TV or in films. I am happy being a social media sensation.

You know you've made it when you're a GIF.

A comic, all they have to do is, if you do something funny in a comedy club and you put it up on you tube, it might get a million hits! All it needs to do is resonate with one person who sends it to their friends, who sends it to other people, and before you know it, it has spread virally and BOOM! All of a sudden that person has a name.

I had heard about Vine through Twitter, and my first video was of me freaking out on my couch. Back then I had 5 followers.