Earl Sweatshirt Quotes

We live in a very strange world where everything is so accessible; if you like one song someone did, you can see what they ate for breakfast or what kind of sunglasses they wore.

I write my own tweets.

I think especially with the Internet and the amount of reality shows that are going on, there's no way to keep a secret anymore, so I try to let my project be as much as reality show as I can allow it to be.

Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people getting started online now.

We live in a media world simultaneously obsessed with technology and personality.

Because of Twitter, I think people know most every single thing about me. I don't know if there's anything that would surprise people about me.

They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original.

People know everything about everybody now.

I retweet. I do retweet a lot. I don't have a lot of very original things to say.

I'm not James Dean. And no one else is, either.

More than any other candidate, Mr. Trump embodies the evolving norms of communication that are being enabled and encouraged by technology and the matrix of connectivity that defines modern life: authenticity over authority, surprise over consistency, celebrity over experience.

Anyone who supports your work, I like having the opportunity to thank them for that, and I think also Twitter provides an opportunity for people in the public eye to give a faithful account of who they are.

And as soon as the Internet hit and people started having their own web sites, I realized that people who did what I did, our positions were being threatened because, as journalists, we were the conduits between the celebrities and the public.

Don't try and be like someone else. There is already a Michael Jackson, a Janet Jackson, a Beyonce. You be you. And take advantage of the social media platform you have to share. That wasn't around when I started out.

I don't blame people or 'pop stars' or whatever for being so quiet, but you can't take it too seriously, especially on social media. It's a very hard thing to be yourself, especially when people are watching, so I don't blame them for being a bit reserved.

There's a real company in Facebook and then a lot of pretenders riding their coat tails.

I don't want to be boring, and I never want people to think it's a snoozefest. I want to find the middle point between looking classic and also trying something new.

I want people to know I'm a real person, that I don't have someone running my Instagram; I don't have someone prewriting all of my interviews and stuff.

Make an account, start uploading videos, and then be yourself; it's very cliche, but no one else can do it.

There has to be that zeal to do something new and surprise yourself and audiences. You have to stay true to your craft, and that should never be sidelined.

I remember being on this film once, and people said, 'You're not on Instagram or Facebook - what's your deal?' They said, 'In this industry, if you want to do well, people want to invest in who you are.' I said, 'I'm an actor, not a celebrity - they watch my acting, and hopefully that's enough.'

I want people to say that I'm something new, something different. Something they've never seen before.

I'm not one of these average reality people that are permanently doing Instagram posts, I break the mould, I break the Internet.

I can only sing songs my way. I don't know any other way.

I'm a curiosity in Hollywood. I'm a big freak, because I'm myself!