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" I just wanna go on the record to say I talk about U2 so much, I should be their publicist. I should be added to the PR team. U2 is my favorite band of all time. I love them so much. "

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Phoebe Robinson

Being

Think

Worst

" Say what you want about Maroon 5 not making music like the kind found on 'Songs About Jane,' the fact remains that they know how to write a really good pop song that highlights lead singer Adam Levine's falsetto. "

" I want to have an empire. I like being in front of the camera, performing - but I would like to get to a place where I'm also executive producing and bringing other people along. People of all different walks of life, highlighting their voices. "

Phoebe Robinson

Life

People

" Like lots of people, I really love Roxane Gay. "

Phoebe Robinson

People

Lots

" From the leg lamp to Ralphie's tongue getting stuck on a frozen pole to that BB-gun incident, 'A Christmas Story' has left its mark on all our brains, so much so that it sometimes feels like this story is our own. "

" Being in a male-dominated industry, you can feel like a little excluded. That was making me feel like maybe I'm not funny. I was really seriously considering, like, quitting standup. "

" For me personally, I was just worried that transitioning from a podcast, which is a very intimate sort of experience - people tell me they listen to my podcast while they're at the gym or on road trips, so you're in someone's ear - to being on television - that's a lot of space to fill. "

" The Roots know how to give their audience some medicine without them even realizing it. "

" Let's be real: dads get a bad rap in the media. We're talking Vanilla Ice's 'Ninja Rap' bad. More often than not, they're either pop lockin' Soul Train-style after learning they aren't the father, or they're selfish man-children who have more toys than brain cells. "

" 'Ain't It Fun,' which is about entering the real world, is bouncy and shows off Paramore's lighter side, to the dismay of some of the band's fans, who are used to the punk-rock sound. "

" I love how Shakespeare can really rip your heart out one second and then make you laugh the next. He's a master writer. "

" There's so many careers that didn't happen because women are like, 'I can't deal with this harassment. I'm going to leave this industry.' "

Phoebe Robinson

Leave

Women

" Let's stop acting like a man who is clear about his intentions, is open to love, and has a good head on his shoulders is 'boring,' 'lame,' and 'not passionate like the edgy guy.' "

" Guys say 'like' all the time, and no one notices it. "

" I'm a sucker for two things: Adam Lambert and songs that start out as emo as a sad episode of 'Felicity' and then drop. That. Beat. "

" As scary as it is, we have to admit that there are folks in the world who only know the Roots as 'the band on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.'' "

" If I'm going to be completely honest, I did not get the appeal of IFC's 'Portlandia' initially. "

" Any joke can be funny, but not any joke is funny. Any joke has the potential to be hilarious to you, but more importantly, the joke has the potential to not be funny to you but to someone else. "

Phoebe Robinson

Funny

Potential

" Anyone who does stand-up comedy can agree that doing a late-night spot is a dream of theirs. "

" Normally, I'd believe that the saying 'There's no small parts, only small actors' is a load of crock because, more often than not, actors relegated to the small-part category stay in 'Who was that guy from that thing' purgatory - however, '90s sitcom 'Friends' proved that the saying is true. "

" Let's be real: more often than not, Hollywood does not have three-dimensional characters for women to play. "

" Typically, in New York, there are so many comics on a single lineup that you can only do eight minutes. "

" 'SNL' has always been known for its ability to skewer politics, and the circus that was Palin's bid to be Vice President was ripe for parody. "

" With '2 Dope Queens,' with stand-up, and also with 'Sooo Many White Guys,' the interview stuff that I do, I really am a fan first. "

" I don't have a stylist. "

Phoebe Robinson

Stylist

" People like to pretend that all women have the same experience or that all gay people have the same experience. But everyone's life is different, and everyone's point of view is valid. "

" I don't really read Stephen King - I just can't read scary things because it stays with me too long - but I truly liked his memoir of the craft of writing. "

" It's better to keep your past and present loves separate. "

" The 'X-Men' franchise has not been a perfect one. "

" Even the best comedians aren't always sure what is going to be funny, what is going to work. So that means they're constantly and trying and failing in order to get there. "