Ninja Quotes

When I started on YouTube, no one talked about getting famous on the Internet or getting discovered on YouTube. I didn't even know it was a possibility.

I'm so central to YouTube now, and that puts me in the spotlight and raises a lot of questions like, 'Why is he so big?'

You know you've made it when you're a GIF.

We're bigger now than we were in the late 70s when we were peaking.

I knew that I had a following here in England, and if I came over here maybe I could cultivate it, but I never dreamt it would be as great as it has been.

It would be nice to garner new fans and make it a success - and success is relevant, we already know all that.

Cricket has become more popular, not me... When the game grows, those who've played it also 'grow.'

One is never ready for success. It consecrates and looses you at the same time.

Fame creeps up on you.

Just when I think it couldn't get any bigger, 'Tuskegee' reaches a new level of success.

A young artist can become popular more quickly with the Internet providing instant access to one's work.

You start to think bigger when you see how quickly a TV show can catch on in a whole country. That confidence, and thinking big, opened a lot of doors.

Every time you go for more competition, some people don’t like it, but that’s the way it is. We believe it is better for the people.

Lots of headless chickens running around - artists with 14 million followers on Twitter, some making millions, none making cultural impact.

I know the great team at Sherpa Capital will continue to rise and scale new heights.

People didn't go on YouTube to get famous back when I started.

I never thought that I would have the No 1 song in the world.

I went from playing for nobody and having awkward experiences at award shows to now being all over the place playing sold-out shows for people who know all of the words.

We knew we would make it and become very big.

Of course I would love to have another track as big as 'Animals,' but 'Animals' became big also because of luck, the timing, and hype.

As I get older and older, people like my work more and more.

That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.

Becoming a Top Ten artist has surprised me.

When I first started off, a lot of people didn't know who we were or what we're doing, but now you can see a big difference, and everyone is behind us.

Fame is always a bit crazy. You spend so long banging on the door trying to get in that when it suddenly opens, it's a very strange feeling.