Dhani Harrison Quotes

I was very camera shy. People like hot girls, so I put my music to hot girls and it just became a trend. The whole 'enigmatic artist' thing, I just ran with it. No one could find pictures of me.

What I regret most after becoming a cartoonist is having used my real name. At first, I figured there was no way I'd sell anyhow, so I didn't even consider using a pen name.

I wanted a pseudonym partly because I'm quite shy and private. I know that sounds ludicrous, but if I should be lucky enough to make a hit, I wanted to be able to shrug off the mantel of Nick Harkaway when I got home.

If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.

I just want to get my music out and make sure that it's heard in the right way.

Half the battle is selling music, not singing it. It's the image, not what you sing.

I think I can get away, sometimes, with walking in the streets and not getting noticed. I like that. I want my work to get noticed, not me. And it's slowly getting there, which is good.

Technology has given us convenience, but at the same time it's making musicians work harder in that if you really want to make money making music and selling albums, you have to go out there and perform. And hope you sell stuff like merch, and get on YouTube, and all the other ancillary sort of things that go along with that.

I won't lie - when you're first bringing out music and you want people to notice, you probably overdo it, especially as a girl.

I like to be able to come and go as I please, and I don't really like having my face and name plastered around. I think it's a bit weird to have your name plastered on every page in a magazine, where in each case you're using a different piece of equipment.

YouTube provides a unique opportunity for all musicians to market and promote their music and directly engage their fans.

I would like to reiterate that I don't want any profiles of me. I am not newsworthy.

At one point I thought changing my name might help with privacy, but that was before the Internet.

Fame is the worst thing that can happen to a person. I choose not to appear in anything publicly. Twitter's it!

I never want people to know who I'm going out with or about my family. But it's difficult, because when people have seen you online since you were 14, they feel like they know you.

I've learnt that it's possible to be as anonymous as you want. It's a choice, and I've become very, very good at being anonymous.

I'm trying to work out a way to be a singer and to create cool content. I'm willing to do that as an entertainer. But I'm not willing to give up my actual self. And the way the system is built up, there'll be a backlash soon. Just recently some people published 11 photos of Sia's face. It's a bummer for me because it's going to elevate my profile and make me more recognizable. But I don't look the same as I did when I used to have my photo taken. Music is for your ears, not your eyes, right? But film is for your eyes, and I would like to give you something.

I just don't want to give them my name and say, 'Do whatever you want.' I am trying to create my brand.

I worry about revealing too much of my life on my Instagram posts.

When a lot of people think about how to be business-savvy as an artist, they think about how to brand themselves. At the end of the day, that stuff doesn't really help you. People know when you're being fake.

I have never been attracted to increasing my popularity or hireability by being on Instagram.

You're gonna see me on your TV. You're gonna see me everywhere. I'm gonna be a common household name. Smokepurpp, Lil Purpp. Remember the name.

I'm a rapper to a lot of people. But I'm also someone who is very entrepreneurial.

Pen names have always fascinated me, in part because I understand the professional and economic and even societal reasons to do so.

I don't do albums for album sales. I just do it as a conversation piece and a business card.