Joe Rogan

Why'd they hate you?

I was just real different.

Like, I was just really different.

In what way?

So I didn't ruffle any feathers when I kind of entered the business, kept quiet, did my stuff, but I also didn't connect with the audience.

And I don't know, maybe you guys see this in stand-up or not, but then I got, like, a personality of, like, the white rap guy, like the white hip-hop guy.

You know about that?

But like, I fucking went, I fucking went all in, you know, urban gear, like, and I'm a hip hop head.

So it's like, oh man, this is my sweet spot.

This is the avenue.

This isn't all of my personality, but this is one level that I can show that I think everyone will get.

So if you go to Madison Square Garden, you get it.

But if we go to Wheeling, West Virginia, you'll also get it.

And you may like it in some places and hate it in some places, but everyone will get it.

I will not be selling apathy.

But in doing that, I never followed dress code.

I was saying disrespectful shit about my peers.

I kind of did it my own way.

So I was kind of ruffling some feathers backstage.

I was taking big swings.