--- title: "'You know Debbie Gibson writes all her own songs?' No! Fucking just p… — Bill Hicks Quote #124 | QuotesBy.net" description: "'You know Debbie Gibson writes all her own songs?' No! Fucking just pull me up a chair. 'Yeah, she writes all her own songs about her own real life e… — a quote by Bill Hicks." image: "https://quotesby.net/wp-content/themes/quotesby-editorial/assets/og-default.png" --- > # 'You know Debbie Gibson writes all her own songs?' No! Fucking just pull me up a chair. 'Yeah, she writes all her own songs about her own real life experiences. 'Yeah, what's the next one called? Mom why am I bleeding? When did we start listening to pre-pubescent white girls? I musta missed that meeting. We have at our fingertips the greatest minds of all-time, the knowledge and history of the greatest thinkers of ALL FUCKING TIME, but no, what's that little white girl saying? Let's go put Debbie Gibson's thoughts on compact disc so they'll never be destroyed. [Bill Hicks](https://quotesby.net/Bill-Hicks)\#124 [Media](https://quotesby.net/Bill-Hicks/media/)[Culture](https://quotesby.net/Bill-Hicks/culture/)[Music](https://quotesby.net/Bill-Hicks/music/)[Pop culture](https://quotesby.net/Bill-Hicks/pop-culture/)[Education](https://quotesby.net/topics/education/)[Intellect](https://quotesby.net/topics/intellect/)[Music industry](https://quotesby.net/topics/music-industry/) [WhatsApp (opens in a new tab)](https://wa.me/?text=%E2%80%9C%27You%20know%20Debbie%20Gibson%20writes%20all%20her%20own%20songs%3F%27%20No%21%20Fucking%20just%20pull%20me%20up%20a%20chair.%20%27Yeah%2C%20she%20writes%20all%20her%20own%20songs%20about%20her%20own%20real%20life%20experiences.%20%27Yeah%2C%20what%27s%20the%20next%20one%20called%3F%20Mom%20why%20am%20I%20bleeding%3F%20When%20did%20we%20start%20listening%20to%20pre-pubescent%20white%20girls%3F%20I%20musta%20missed%20that%20meeting.%20We%20have%20at%20our%20fingertips%20the%20greatest%20minds%20of%20all-time%2C%20the%20knowledge%20and%20history%20of%20the%20greatest%20thinkers%20of%20ALL%20FUCKING%20TIME%2C%20but%20no%2C%20what%27s%20that%20little%20white%20girl%20saying%3F%20Let%27s%20go%20put%20Debbie%20Gibson%27s%20thoughts%20on%20compact%20disc%20so%20they%27ll%20never%20be%20destroyed.%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%94%20Bill%20Hicks%20https%3A%2F%2Fquotesby.net%2FBill-Hicks%2F124%2F)[X (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=%E2%80%9C%27You%20know%20Debbie%20Gibson%20writes%20all%20her%20own%20songs%3F%27%20No%21%20Fucking%20just%20pull%20me%20up%20a%20chair.%20%27Yeah%2C%20she%20writes%20all%20her%20own%20songs%20about%20her%20own%20real%20life%20experiences.%20%27Yeah%2C%20what%27s%20the%20next%20one%20called%3F%20Mom%20why%20am%20I%20bleeding%3F%20When%20did%20we%20start%20listening%20to%20pre-pubescent%20white%20girls%3F%20I%20musta%20missed%20that%20meeting.%20We%20have%20at%20our%20fingertips%20the%20greatest%20minds%20of%20all-time%2C%20the%20knowledge%20and%20history%20of%20the%20greatest%20thinkers%20of%20ALL%20FUCKING%20TIME%2C%20but%20no%2C%20what%27s%20that%20little%20white%20girl%20saying%3F%20Let%27s%20go%20put%20Debbie%20Gibson%27s%20thoughts%20on%20compact%20disc%20so%20they%27ll%20never%20be%20destroyed.%E2%80%9D%20%E2%80%94%20Bill%20Hicks&url=https%3A%2F%2Fquotesby.net%2FBill-Hicks%2F124%2F)[Facebook (opens in a new tab)](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fquotesby.net%2FBill-Hicks%2F124%2F) ## About this quote What does it mean?The speaker critiques the music industry for prioritizing pop artists over historical thinkers and intellectuals.In plain termsPeople listen to simple pop music instead of great historical ideas.What can you take from it?Culture often values entertainment over deep knowledge. ### Where it applies - music criticism - education - media analysis ### Putting it to work - discuss media priorities - promote historical literacy ### Questions to consider - What does our media consumption say about society? - How do we value knowledge? ### Another view The view dismisses pop art without considering its cultural value. ## More from Bill Hicks 1. > Brothers and sisters friends and neighbours, vibrations in the mind of the one true God whose name is love. [Permalink to quote \#123](https://quotesby.net/Bill-Hicks/123/ "Permalink to quote 123") 2. > Not only do I think pot should be legalized; I think it should be mandatory. (mocks driver honking horn in traffic) 'Shut up and smoke that, it's the law' 'I'm… [Permalink to quote \#122](https://quotesby.net/Bill-Hicks/122/ "Permalink to quote 122") 3. > ''Bill quit talking about Kennedy man let it go, it was a long time ago just forget about it' I'm like alright, then don't bring up Jesus to me...as long were … [Permalink to quote \#121](https://quotesby.net/Bill-Hicks/121/ "Permalink to quote 121") ## Related quotes 1. > I remember watching Kurt come through and thinking, 'God, this music is nuclear', This is really splitting the atom. 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