Amy Ray Quotes

I started writing music when I was 15 in my bedroom, and I'd post them on MySpace, and from there it shifted to doing covers on YouTube and building my Twitter.

The possibilities are endless now, with performing, getting your music online, getting your own website and getting your music out there. I think that's very cool and amazing.

If your music is great, you will have fans, not because you have spent time chatting on social media.

I enjoy selling my music. I don't enjoy selling myself.

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.'

YouTube provides a unique opportunity for all musicians to market and promote their music and directly engage their fans.

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.

I really believe in finding new ways to distribute my music.

Bollywood is huge. Anything that's made in large quantity will evidently overshadow others. But that won't stop artistes from making albums. A person who has faith in his music will go ahead.

I'm not saying you can't be successful in the music industry without Spotify. But when I look at the future of music, I don't think scarcity is the model anymore. We have to embrace ubiquity - that music is everywhere.

We had to take full advantage of the fact that we wanted to be one of the most creative bands out there that's getting backed by one of the biggest companies.

You can put your music out on YouTube and get messages from all over the world.

It's a world now where you don't necessarily have to be on the radio or be on the TV to be a star. Your audience can find you and find the music.

A lot of what's happened with my career has been because of the Internet. It's a way for me to reach fans directly, especially with music.

With social media, the gatekeepers are our followers. It has opened so many doors for me not only musically, but fashion-wise as well.

As a technology guy, and someone in music, I'm on top of technology and social media.

I was always putting songs on the Internet, but I was never into pushing them on anyone.

I think if you're able to make the music you want and you can do it in the right kind of context, you don't have to be a circus ringleader to be successful.

I can reach the mass audience if I come from different perspectives on every song.

The BBC were not playing the music that was happening on the street so we did an independent production because we knew we had an audience. Then we licensed the album to EMI.

There are three things we need to do for a band. We need to make a great record; we need to get the record played; and we need to find an audience for the live shows.

Because of things like iTunes and streaming and social networking, it's destroyed music. It's destroyed the motivation to go out there and really make the best record possible. It's a shame.

In a sense, the music business and I haven't always been the best of bedfellows. Artists often have to fight their corner. Your music goes through these filters of record labels and media, and you're hoping you'll find someone who'll help you get your work into the world.

I am in a business that's built on record sales and reputation and how your single is doing and where your song is on iTunes. But the kind of music that I do comes from my beliefs.

I just want to get my music out and make sure that it's heard in the right way.