John Oates Quotes

The thing that got me started on Twitter was just basically pressure from management and the record company saying, 'Hey, this is what all the other artists are doing. You need to be doing it also.' I didn't really have a clue what is was.

Social media is key to promoting the editorial posts on my website.

Let's be honest here: Twitter, for me, is 90 per cent a marketing tool.

Kim was the one who taught us how to use Twitter and how to engage and really capture the attention of followers and the fans.

It's a huge mistake not to embrace social media. We need to stay in touch and stay relevant to young people.

I wasn't into social media at all, but when I decided I was going to put out my own music, I said, 'Okay, I'm just going to post it.' And that's when it started its rounds on the Internet, and people started to take an interest in me.

People really don't watch TV no more - it's all about social media. I think it's a great platform for showing off your brand, who you are, interacting with fans, interacting with people in general.

I'm trying to embrace social media because it gives artists a little more power than we've had in the past.

I think Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are the cornerstones of any social media strategy.

It seems like Weezer has gotten better and better at getting attention for everything besides our music. Part of that is just the nature of our culture now - you really have to scream to get some attention, so people even know you have a record out that they might want to listen to.

What I've become good at is bringing things that aren't necessarily mainstream to the mainstream. What I did see on Twitter was a potential for mass publication; it's a mainstream consumer broadcasting device. It transforms customers and companies. You have to be transparent or you fail.

I've found my calling with Twitter. It's all about the amount of interaction you do, and the traffic you move, and I'm really good at that. I keep going and going and going, and no one can believe that I can keep it up.

Social media is interesting. It helps me connect with fans. It's immediate. It's a big part of my touring business - getting the word out via Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

I have no idea how to use social media for anything other than forwarding a good fart joke.

I love Instagram - I don't actually go on Twitter and tweet; I just connect it through my Instagram account. I think it's a good way of getting stuff out there and connecting with people.

I need some more followers! I need to get my stats up to a million so I can make any movie with The Rock I want!

The power of your audience is in the hand of the artist now via all the media - Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and all of them - all of the new available techniques to get to people. I think that you are your best publicist and record company and everything right now when starting out.

I've definitely pitched some viral ideas and do have a pretty good understanding of the Web.

With social media, if you have a viral video people can like what you do and it's homegrown and very organic.

I spend three hours a day working on my social network profiles. I think about the right people to tag, the ones who might generate new leads. It's my work, my self-promotion.

Companies should take advantage of social media's power to connect, but honor the continued role of media in shaping opinion.

You don't need a corporation or a marketing company to brand you now: you can do it yourself. You can establish who you are with a social media following.

'X Factor' did a lot for me, but things truly started to take off for me when I went to social media.

I am social media savvy.

We're social media-driven now, the social media team is huge in WWE. It really helps expand our brand.