Music

20-something man on cell: I've got women. I started my own religion. I don't give a shit if hipsters don't think I'm cool. (pause) I know in my heart I'm a fucking genius. If I died tonight, there would be a massive white trash orgasm. (pause) If you're so bad, your soul goes into a wax museum. We should make our own rap music. We'll be so good they'll put us in a mausoleum, like Stalin.

Norman, Oklahoma

Girl #1, listening to John Denver: This is a great song. Especially if you're gay. You should have this at your wedding.
Girl #2: Well, if I marry a gay guy, it'll be great.

Phildelphia, Pennsylvania

Mother of musical theater fan: Oh, I didn't know Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote that. Well, maybe I did, but you weren't my daughter then.

Canadia

Clueless teen girl: I didn't know that New Mexico was a state, I thought it was a country!
Ditzy blonde: Ohmygod! No way!
Clueless teen girl: Yeah, I know! And did you know that “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” and “The Alphabet Song” are the same?!
Ditzy blonde: No fucking way!

High School
Wisconsin

Overheard by: Genius

19-year-old girl #1: You know, I just a want a man I can sit naked with, watch Dead Poets Society, and then write a song about it afterwards.
19-year-old girl #2: Edward would totally do that for Bella.
19-year-old girl #3: You should leave Ryan.
19-year-old girl #2: Tell Ryan he can suck your dick.

Coffee Shop
Johannesburg
South Africa

Overheard by: Aeleron

Indignant little boy: Beethoven is not creepy!
Little girls, in unison: Yes he is!

Melrose, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Rose Fox

Girl #1: I have cows in my head!
Boy: What?
Girl #1: We're playing “Carry on Wayward Son” in orchestra. C-o-w-s.
Boy: Oh.
Girl #2: You really need to tell people that before you tell them you have cows in your head.

St. Joseph High School
Michigan

Ten-year-old boy: Dad, why are people clapping?
Father: Because the conductor entered the stage. It's respectful.
Ten-year-old boy: I personally don't believe in clapping for someone unless they've done something.

Tanglewood Music Center
Lenox, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Bystander girl

Delivery guy to guy wearing “Deadheads for Obama” t-shirt: So the Dead are for Obama?
Man: Uh-huh.
Delivery guy: Then so am I.

Burbank, California

Overheard by: Urzzz

Guy: I've never seen an emcee try to facefuck a crowd like that before.

The Roxy
Boston, Massachusetts