--- title: "11 You Quotes By Trey Parker" description: "11 You quotes by Trey Parker. Plus more from Trey Parker and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/trey-parker-4308_aerosmith_when-you-re-watching-armageddon-and-the_1845319.png" --- > [When you're watching 'Armageddon,' and the Aerosmith song starts... Super funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/when-you-re-watching-armageddon-and-the-aerosmith-song-starts-super/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/trey-parker-4308_aerosmith_when-you-re-watching-armageddon-and-the_1845319.png) > [You can't make experimental work by copying past work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/you-can-t-make-experimental-work-by-copying-past-work/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/trey-parker-4308_copying_you-can-t-make-experimental-work-by-copy_2418311.png) > [I think you could take any Bruckheimer movie and do it with puppets, and it would be screamingly funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/i-think-you-could-take-any-bruckheimer-movie-and-do-it-with-puppets/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c52/trey-parker-4308_any_i-think-you-could-take-any-bruckheimer-m_552267.png) > [Colorado's right next to Utah - you know, Mormon Central.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/colorado-s-right-next-to-utah-you-know-mormon-central/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/trey-parker-4308_central_colorado-s-right-next-to-utah-you-know-m_1566437.png) > [If you're famous, you suck, just for being famous. People in England totally get that; Americans don't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/if-you-re-famous-you-suck-just-for-being-famous-people-in-england/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/trey-parker-4308_american_if-you-re-famous-you-suck-just-for-being_2498596.png) > [No show would be successful if you took a group of people and just said, 'You're dumb!' over and over. That's not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/no-show-would-be-successful-if-you-took-a-group-of-people-and-just/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc6/trey-parker-4308_about_no-show-would-be-successful-if-you-took_1048324.png) > [Like anything important, anything you need people to hear - you've got to have music for it. You've got to make it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/like-anything-important-anything-you-need-people-to-hear-you-ve-got/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/202/trey-parker-4308_anything_like-anything-important-anything-you-nee_1368694.jpg) > [When you were a teenager in Colorado, the way to be a punk rocker was to rip on Reagan and Bush and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/when-you-were-a-teenager-in-colorado-the-way-to-be-a-punk-rocker-was/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/trey-parker-4308_about_when-you-were-a-teenager-in-colorado-the_1272121.jpg) > [If you ever go to Temple Square in Salt Lake City, if you stay there long enough, you'll see a homeless person…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/if-you-ever-go-to-temple-square-in-salt-lake-city-if-you-stay-there/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dbf/trey-parker-4308_ask_if-you-ever-go-to-temple-square-in-salt_668592.png) > [How many times have you been watching an episode of 'South Park' and thought, 'I'd like to be able to watch this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/how-many-times-have-you-been-watching-an-episode-of-south-park-and/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d9/trey-parker-4308_able_how-many-times-have-you-been-watching-an_465431.png) > [When you sit down and write a song, you kind of have the idea for the song, and you sit there at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/when-you-sit-down-and-write-a-song-you-kind-of-have-the-idea-for-the-2/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cc/trey-parker-4308_around_when-you-sit-down-and-write-a-song-you-k_1626667.png) ## Other authors on You ## More by Trey Parker > [Most people I know are not hard-core religious people. They are what I would call 'lightly religious.' So I don't buy the notion that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/most-people-i-know-are-not-hard-core-religious-people-they-are-what-i/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [It's not like we have a formula, but I think one of the reasons this show has survived is that it has a big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/it-s-not-like-we-have-a-formula-but-i-think-one-of-the-reasons-this/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [You know that everyone thinks that in order to do South Park we must be wild, crazy, rock and roll stars. But the truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/you-know-that-everyone-thinks-that-in-order-to-do-south-park-we-must/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [Basically ... out of all the ridiculous religion stories which are greatly, wonderfully ridiculous—the silliest one I've ever heard is, 'Yeah ... there's this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/basically-out-of-all-the-ridiculous-religion-stories-which-are/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [I've started confiding in people, other artists mostly, that I hate making 'South Park,' and I always have. It's super stressful. I'm always miserable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/i-ve-started-confiding-in-people-other-artists-mostly-that-i-hate/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [A lot of people don't realize this, but probably the one person that gets made fun of in 'South Park' more than anybody is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/a-lot-of-people-don-t-realize-this-but-probably-the-one-person-that/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/the-problem-is-we-moved-to-la-the-only-way-to-be-punk-rock-in-l-a-is/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [“Kyle, every boy pays for kisses. Do you know what I am saying? If you've got a girl, and she kisses you, sooner or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/kyle-every-boy-pays-for-kisses-do-you-know-what-i-am-saying-if-you-ve/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [Bargaining makes you come up with the best ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/bargaining-makes-you-come-up-with-the-best-ideas/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [It was exactly the same on the South Park movie really too. There's lots of violence in that too, but it always came down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/it-was-exactly-the-same-on-the-south-park-movie-really-too-there-s/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [What we're always looking for is weird social issues and weird connections to make. Luckily for them, there's no shortage of material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/what-we-re-always-looking-for-is-weird-social-issues-and-weird/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [When someone goes, 'Oh, this group is really pissed off at what you said,' there's not a piece of my body that goes, 'Sweet!'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/when-someone-goes-oh-this-group-is-really-pissed-off-at-what-you-said/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [You don't need missionaries in Colorado; you got Colorado.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/you-don-t-need-missionaries-in-colorado-you-got-colorado/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [Love isn't a decision. It's a feeling. If we could decide who we loved,it would be much simpler, but much less magical](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/love-isn-t-a-decision-it-s-a-feeling-if-we-could-decide-who-we-loved/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) > [I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trey-parker/i-ve-gotten-to-a-point-where-i-wouldn-t-direct-someone-else-s/) [Trey Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/trey-parker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/trey-parker/#itemlist", "name": "11 You Quotes By Trey Parker", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When you're watching 'Armageddon,' and the Aerosmith song starts... 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