Mike Watt Quotes

The shiny red color of the soles has no function other than to identify to the public that they are mine. I selected the color because it is engaging, flirtatious, memorable, and the color of passion.

People don't need to necessarily see me in the jersey to understand who I am and what message I'm trying to get across with the things that I'm marketing.

As an artist, it is great to be able to market yourself to people who don't know you, and people who do.

A personal brand is relevant to people who sell or create something relevant to who they are as a person. If you're not in that boat, which most people are not, personal branding makes no sense.

I don't want to be known as the black model. I want to be recognized as Chanel Iman, a personality.

I do hope to increase what I do into a Brad Goreski brand.

I made a specific choice not to call my collection Ivanka. There's so much value in the Trump name. And there's such a deep connection to luxury and success.

I am always looking for ways to expand my brand.

Drip is me. That's my signature.

I want to show people what I'm about - not just, 'Here's my celebrity partner this year that I'm going to showcase.'

Everything I am is cause of Paris. She like paved the way for me. A girl like me who is literally famous for nothing - Paris Hilton taught us how to make that a business, you know what I mean?

Sex is not required to sell my film. My name is enough.

Willie said normal was boring and that I should be grateful that I had a touch of spice. She said no one cared about boring people, and when they died, they were forgotten, like something that slips behind the dresser.

I always knew that content was the best way to sell things, but my thing was, why sell other people's stuff if I have a point of view?

I've been pretty transparent with all that I've done. I think my work speaks a lot for who I am. So, I don't think there's a particular thing I'd like them to know.

Going out there and promoting myself socially doesn't really intrigue me. I'd much rather have my work do it for me.

All of us need to self-promote. We cannot sit back and wait for our gallery or rep to do it all.

Someday the world is going to know who I am-just be hearing my first name.

All you have to do is be a little bit specific, and all of a sudden, you have your own little niche and people are going to watch.

Everybody has a product to sell—no matter whether you’re an employee, a founder, or an investor. It’s true even if your company consists of just you and your computer. Look around. If you don’t see any salespeople, you’re the salesperson.

I'm somebody that you should know.

I never went round to loads of managers saying 'this is what I have, this is my product and I'm going to be famous so you'd better sign me up.' They came to me.

As a young guy from south London, I wanted to be able to make myself stand out.

A year from now, I could go away, and people might say, 'Gosh, what ever happened to that girl who never wore pants?' But how wonderfully memorable 30 years from now, when they say, 'Do you remember Gaga and her bubbles?' Because, for a minute, everybody in that room will forget every sad, painful thing in their lives, and they'll just live in my bubble world.

I think when you wear the brand anyway, why not go out and try to promote it and make it as cool as you can? The fact that I can continue to do what I've always done and kind of become the face of that brand is to me, kind of just makes sense. It doesn't make sense not to do it I guess.