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Who is Bill Hicks?
"I'm the little dark poet, that's who I am."

Bill learned a valuable lesson about tripping on acid and operating a motor vehicle.
"Cops don't appreciate fish driving around."

Bill talks about the kind of positive news stories he'd like to see.
(imitating a news anchor) "Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration. That we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream and we're the imagination of ourselves...here's Tom with the weather."

Bill on marketing to the masses and sell-out musicians. (I think this is the reason James Camron's Titanic is so popular and made so much money.)
(imitating satin) "I will lower the standards of the earth. I will put 56 channels of American Gladiators on every tv. I will put all the money in the hands of 14 year old girls. They will think you are charismatic, deep and edgy."

Bill enters a hellish Twilight Zone
"I was in Nashville, Tennessee last year, after the show I went to a Waffle House, I'm not proud of it, I was hungry. And I'm alone, I'm eating and I'm reading a book, right? Waitress walks over to me, " Hey, what you readin' for?" Is that like the weirdest fucking question you've ever heard? Not what am I reading, but what am I reading for. Well, goddamn it, you stumped me. Why do I read? Well... hmmm... I guess I read for a lot of reasons, and the main one, is so I don't end up, being a fucking waffle waitress. But then... this trucker in the next booth gets up, stands over me, and goes, "Well, looks like we got ourselves a reader." What the fuck's going on here? It's not like I walked into a clan rally in a Boy George outfit, goddamn it, it's a book!"

Is this the direction evolution is going?
"I can speak for every guy in this room here tonight, guys, if you could blow yourselves, ladies, you'd be in this room alone right now. Watching an empty stage. Boy, my folks are proud of me.
'Bill honey, you still doing that suck your own cock bit?'
'Yeah, mom.'
'Good, baby, that's such a crowd-pleaser. How clever of you to come up with the suck your own cock bit, honey. You're so clever, it makes your mama's bosom swell with pride. Knowing her son is traveling the world, using his given surname, going up in front of rooms of total strangers and doing the suck your own cock piece.'
'Thanks, mom. No biggie.'"

Bill on beliefs and choices, with a little irony.
"I personally do not believe in burning the flag. It's a personal belief, but I'll tell you something, I think people are overreacting, oh, just a little bit. "Hey buddy, my daddy died for that flag." Well, I bought mine. Sorry. You know they sell them at K-Mart for three bucks, you're in, you're out, brand new flag, no violence was necessary. "Hey buddy, my daddy died in the Korean war for that flag." What a coincidence - my flag was made in Korea!"

Bill on beliefs, with lots of irony.
"People say, 'Bill, quit talking about Kennedy man. It was a long time ago, just let it go, all right? It's a long time ago, just forget it.' I'm like, all right, then don't bring up Jesus to me. As long as we're talking shelf life here, you know."

Bill's final solution.
"I'm gonna share with you a vision that I had, cause I love you. And you feel it. You know all that money we spend on nuclear weapons and defense each year, trillions of dollars, correct? Instead ... just play with this ... if we spent that money feeding and clothing the poor of the world, and it would pay for it many times over, not one human being excluded and we can explore space together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."

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