Rivers Cuomo Quotes

But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention.

If you want to get known as a singer you hire five sexy chicks and let them fight over you onstage and for the cameras. That's publicity, man.

Buzz and the right publicist are not only important but crucial in show business.

Twitter, to me, works if you're funny. Twitter doesn't work as a promotional tool unless you do it very, very, very occasionally.

Internet radio stations like KCRW do take you everywhere, yet that's just one of a hundred small things you have to do to succeed. It used to be, if you just got on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' and a spotlight on 'The Tonight Show,' that was enough.

Now, to be a mainstream act, you have to be firing on all cylinders on so many different platforms. You've got to have a social media voice. You've got to do promo on TV. You've got to tour everywhere.

Writers say many true things about their own experiences with publicity and promotion.

You could have a zillion Facebook followers. Those people don't buy records. It's about a hundred to one...Record companies, they don't have any money, so they see social media as the free marketing... So... 'Billy, light yourself on fire and stand upside down, and that'll market the record.'

I need to reach a lot of people to sell records.

The music and everything we're doing on the stage and on television backs itself up. If that's what gets people's curiosity going or brings their attention to us, that's fine.

I think social media is so important; the young bands have certainly embraced that and used that to their advantage.

I was so anxious to succeed that I made a practice of appearing on all the disc jockey shows I could, in order to publicize the band.

The more followers you have, the more you can promote your movie. You know? It's all, like, a business thing.

I had maybe 200 followers when I started. A bunch of radio stations were like, 'Uhhhhhh, my daughter has more followers than her'.

I think what AEW has done on social media is impressive. I think the amount of interest they've garnered is impressive.

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

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

If it weren't for the Internet, WWE probably wouldn't even know my name. If I had to rely on 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated' to get my name out there, it would have been a much more difficult road.

I have only become more popular since 'Race 3' memes.

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.

When 'Game Of Thrones' came out, lots of interviews were coming in, and people asking me to do certain things which would push me out there. Like this whole Instagram and Twitter thing - getting more followers doesn't bother me at all.

The world is changing. Social media is a way to sell movies and to build a fan base. The truth is that you have followers because they know you are into it and you're funny and you like it. I think it's great.

There's been not a dime spent on marketing for any record I've ever put out.

I get daily mentions in blogs, I get mentions in Twitter and in different social media... I know that gets books sold.

I look at Twitter as brand building.