Elvis Duran Quotes

I suspect in most companies, the public relations person is down at No. 20 in the pecking order. But here, he is fighting incredibly important battles. If a negative story starts running away with itself in the press and is not dealt with fast, it can badly damage the brand, and so we put enormous weight on our PR people.

Overall, I'm not upset at the press.

Negative publicity makes people forget your best times.

Talking to the press is not always good.

I've never seen a publicist that could protect me from things, protect anyone from what's going on out there.

Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.

People are terrified for their own reputations. They want the press on their side.

Post fast on good news or bad. Someone say something bad about your product? Link to it - before the second or third site does - and answer its claims as best you can.

I operate under the theory that all publicity is good publicity, and then, if that theory doesn't work, you just say that any newspaper article ends up on the bottom of the parrot cage. But, of course, you can't line a parrot cage with Internet bloggers, can you?

I hate dealing with the press. But I think it is a necessary evil.

I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that.

Everything that's written about me has such a negative taint. It just has a life of its own, like an avalanche, and I don't think there's anything I can do to stop it.

I don't read my own press, so I don't know what's being reported on a daily basis - I only hear about things when they reach a sort of Def-Con status, and my publicist calls me because we have to do some damage control.

I was never one to run away from trouble - I intend to continue to fight my corner and try to redeem our reputation in some way. It's very difficult when you see the PR campaign that Anglo have built up against us. A lot of the media would be very anti-Quinn and have fallen hook, line and sinker for the Anglo story where they are the good guys.

The media tried to destroy my parents and has taken things completely out of context, but there's not a whole lot you can do in terms of fighting back. You have to hope that it passes, which it always does. But they have to be careful. They didn't necessarily sign up for this.

I really hate press.

In public relations, you live with the reality that not every disaster can be made to look like a misunderstood triumph.

I believe, with the media, you must answer every question in some way. And in very, very, touchy situations, we must answer every question again and again.

The whole idea of a spokesman is a joke and a fraud if you drop someone like a hot potato if there's controversy.

I'm kind of the crisis communications person at 'SNL.' If there are fires to put out, they try and find me.

You speak to the press at the Tour every day, but most often in a negative sense. Ninety per cent of the questions you are asked in the post-race press conferences are challenging or provocative, so you have to justify yourself; you have to try to give the right answers about every topic across the board.

Negative press is always going to come out.

Some people do believe that any publicity is good publicly, but I don't. I would never want to be in news for rumours.

It will be the mistake of your life if you go into print in your own defence [sic]. Your denial will reach a new set of people andstart them to talking, while the ones who read the original charges will never see the refutation of them.

I've seen lawyers who don't represent me and spokespeople who do not know me speaking for me. These characters always seem to surface with dreadful allegations just as another project, an album, a video is being released.