Latest Doc Brown Quotes from Interviews

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• I just love the subversion of dialogue in sitcoms, stand-up is monologue and that is entertaining for a lot of people but personally I find it a bit trying, which is a weird thing to say as a stand-up! I love people aping normal conversation and twisting it so it becomes hilarious.

  Doc Brown

  People, Trying, Normal

  Source: www.sevenstreets.com

• I think everybody wants to be the best at what they do and for me I was never really there, plus it was in a time that just preceded the insanity of internet promotion around 2005 and 2006. Obviously through the digital revolution things have moved very quickly and a lot of artists got left behind.

  Doc Brown

  Artist, Thinking, Digital Revolution

  Source: www.sevenstreets.com

• I got into music via the competitions; the first time I ever performed was in a kind of rap battle, competing for money.

  Doc Brown

  Rap, Competition, Battle

  Source: www.sevenstreets.com

• I respect anyone who's honest to themselves and able to bring that into their work in an entertaining fashion.

  Doc Brown

  Fashion, Able, Honest

  Source: www.comedy.co.uk

• I'm proud of most of the stuff I've put out and I hope my kids will look at it long after I'm gone and go, "hey, Daddy was cool once!"

  Doc Brown

  Kids, Daddy, Long

  Source: www.comedy.co.uk

• I try not to be influenced when it comes to being creative, just in order to sustain my own voice and character. However, I do have many inspirations from the worlds of literature, music, comedy and film.

  Doc Brown

  Inspiration, Character, Order

  Source: www.comedy.co.uk

• When I slid into comedy, naturally the first thing I said was, "hello, I am a washed up rapper."

  Doc Brown

  Rapper, Firsts, Comedy

  Source: www.comedy.co.uk

• I try not to make social consciousness a massive part of my music or comedy because I prefer to be an entertainer first and foremost, then do actual grassroots work when I can.

  Doc Brown

  Trying, Firsts, Comedy

  Source: www.comedy.co.uk

• If you are successful because of Hip Hop, which I am, then you have to recognize that Hip Hop is nothing if not a product of the street, therefore you have to give something back.

  Doc Brown

  Successful, Giving, Hip Hop

  Source: www.comedy.co.uk

• I never gave up rapping - it gave up on me. There was no industry and no appetite for UK rap back then and I had a daughter to feed. I couldn't keep doing something full time that didn't pay the bills.

  Doc Brown

  Daughter, Rap, Pay

• While I was rapping I was always involved in youth work - I ran music workshops for teenagers and young offenders all the time and also ran a charity for refugee kids for a time.

  Doc Brown

  Teenager, Rap, Kids

  Source: www.comedy.co.uk

• I'd always written rhymes but I was scared to share them. They stayed on paper or in my head, until I started going to watch battles and eventually thought to myself, "I'm definitely as good as some of these guys, and maybe even better than them".

  Doc Brown

  Guy, Battle, Watches

• I don't have the desire to be the best standup in the UK but I do have the desire to be the best at everything else I do in terms of writing and acting.

  Doc Brown

  Writing, Desire, Acting

• Standup is tough; if you are going through a hard period in your life, it is very hard to get up in front of people and be the happy guy in the room.

  Doc Brown

  People, Guy, Rooms

• I'll just keep going till people get disinterested. It's what I was born to do and thankfully, people have shown an interest. I never do anything to be famous.

  Doc Brown

  People, Born, Interest

• There is no better education than rap battling in terms of performance. It makes you fearless.

  Doc Brown

  Rap, Fearless, Term

• With this kind of camera-phone madness we have got, moments are diluted into self-contained edited experiences.

  Doc Brown

  Phones, Self, Cameras

• In show business, never underestimate the power of saying "no".

  Doc Brown

  Saying No, Underestimate, Shows

  Source: thelatest.co.uk

• My shows will always be inspired by hip hop culture and my upbringing within it.

  Doc Brown

  Hip Hop, Culture, Hips

  Source: thelatest.co.uk

• In terms of a comedy plan I don't really have a list of what I want accomplish. I'm just riding the wave! I think I will always come back to stand-up and comedy in all its forms. I just don't think it will ever be the one sole thing I do.

  Doc Brown

  Thinking, Riding, Want

  Source: www.gigglebeats.co.uk

• You really come to life on stage but outside - this is a bit of a sad clown cliché - there is that element of loneliness you get from travelling and being on the road. Stand-ups can bring a lot of that to a dramatic role and make it work for them.

  Doc Brown

  Loneliness, Roles, Elements

  Source: www.gigglebeats.co.uk

• I think I'll always be linked to comedy. There is something about it that's such a beautiful thing. The world of drama sneers at it because people assume that it's easy but it's not at all; it's incredibly difficult.

  Doc Brown

  Beautiful, Drama, Thinking

  Source: www.gigglebeats.co.uk

• Trying to be funny is one of the hardest things on the planet. I think that's tough for everyone. If you're just naturally funny it's a hell of a lot easier.

  Doc Brown

  Thinking, Trying, Tough

  Source: www.gigglebeats.co.uk

• I think I would just get bored to be honest. Ask any human being if they want to stay in exactly the same job for thirty years they say "No!" The ultimate cliché, 'Variety is the spice of life', is sadly true.

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  Jobs, Thinking, Years

  Source: www.gigglebeats.co.uk

• Breaking up monotony is key to life and it doesn't matter whether I'm stacking shelves or writing songs, if I was doing the same thing every day I just couldn't take it.

  Doc Brown

  Song, Writing, Keys

  Source: www.gigglebeats.co.uk