Bill Hicks Quotes
We could easily fill a whole blog post with quotes from Bill Hicks' stand-up sets, but actually what we have here are some nice words from other comics and musicians who were fans of Hicks.
"Bill Hicks wasn't just a comic, he was a crusader against humanity's relentless capacity to underachieve"
Ìý- Simon Pegg
"I'm a fan of Bill Hicks. He did things that no other stand up did at the time. He was making fun of religion, at that time it was a lot harder to say those things in the States than it was here. To slag off Christianity and fundamentalist Christians, and to be pro drugs and anti gun in the deep south, that's a big ask. And he did that and made it funny. Bill Hicks was able to say things that he really thought, and he managed to make those thoughts funny without a care if it antagonised people."
Ìý- Ed Byrne
"The passion is what comes through, and passion doesn't date very much. I think that why he will always remain relevant."
- Robin Ince
"Bill Hicks – blowtorch, excavator, truthsayer, and brain specialist. He will correct your vision. Others will drive on the road he built.â€
- Tom Waits
"Bill was right up there with Lenny Bruce and Richard Pryor. He was easily the best comic of my generation."
- Brett Butler
"An inspired and inspiring truth teller, dangerous and brave and scary, all at once."
- Richard Pryor
"He was hilarious, brilliant, brave and right about everything."
- Henry Rollins
"The past, present and future of stand-up comedy."
- Sean Hughes
"To me and countless others, he remains an inspiration."
- Bill Bailey
"For a comedian, it was like losing John Lennon."
- Jay Leno
Watch American: The Bill Hicks Story, ±«Óãtv Four, Saturday 27th August 10pm
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Comment number 1.
At 17th Jan 2012, Funnygy wrote:Bill Hick is Awesome. Here are couple of my favorite Quotes [Unsuitable/Broken URL removed by Moderator]of Bill Hick:
"How come people always flip and think they're Jesus? Why not Buddha? Particularly in America, where more people resemble Buddha than Jesus. 'Ah'm BUDDHA!' 'You're Bubba!' 'Ah'm Buddha now..All I gotta do is change 3 letters on ma belt..."
"I'm not really a heavy smoker any more. I only get through two lighters a day now. "
"We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution. "
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