--- title: "Rick Astley? Have you seen this banal incubus at work? Boy, if this g… — Bill Hicks Quote #79 | QuotesBy.net" description: "Rick Astley? Have you seen this banal incubus at work? Boy, if this guy isn't heralding Satan's imminent approach to Earth, huh. 'Don't ever wanna ma… — a quote by Bill Hicks." image: "https://quotesby.net/wp-content/themes/quotesby-editorial/assets/og-default.png" --- > # Rick Astley? Have you seen this banal incubus at work? Boy, if this guy isn't heralding Satan's imminent approach to Earth, huh. 'Don't ever wanna make you cry, never wanna make you sigh...never gonna break your heart.' ...oh, I wouldn't worry about that without a dick, buddy. You got a corn nut! You got a clit! You're not even a guy! You're an AIDS germ that got off a slide! They're puttin' music to AIDS germs, they're puttin' a drum machine behind them in a metronome beat and Ted Turner's colorizing 'em, God damn it! 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The plot thickens. You remember Jim Fixx? This human cipher used to write books on jogging. Now, w… [Permalink to quote \#78](https://quotesby.net/Bill-Hicks/78/ "Permalink to quote 78") 2. > \[crowdmember yells out 'Freebird'\] Please quit yelling that. It's not funny, it's not clever; it's stupid, it's repetitive. Why the fuck would you continue to … [Permalink to quote \#80](https://quotesby.net/Bill-Hicks/80/ "Permalink to quote 80") 3. > Then comes the kicker: Say the alphabet : backwards. 'Well, shoot, you got me. I'm not drunk, but I'm obviously too stupid to be driving, God damn it.' [Permalink to quote \#77](https://quotesby.net/Bill-Hicks/77/ "Permalink to quote 77") ## Related quotes 1. > What is a harp but an over-sized cheese-slicer with cutlural pretensions? 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