Flume Quotes

My songs were already a hit track with over 100 million views/comments and multi-hundred thousand downloads on online websites before coming to Bollywood.

It's called 'I Wanna Thank You,' and I'm encouraging everybody out there to blog, Tweet, Facebook, anything about it. Let's sign a petition. The petition is called 'Busta Rhymes Make 'I Wanna Thank You' Your First Single.'

The new artist is meeting the general public before they meet the record company. They're able to put the material on YouTube and have a million views before they even meet an executive at a record company, and get the deal based on that.

The thing about 'Hold Back The River' that I like is that it's a good starting place, and it was the perfect first single.

If you want to put out a song that you wrote yesterday, tomorrow go on Twitter, type in a new URL, and give it to the people!

When I posted my first video, I remember it hit 700 views after a week, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this is amazing.' I was over the moon.

If I say, 'Hey, I'm Psy.' 'Psy?' 'The guy from the video on YouTube?' 'Oh.' I hate that. I've got to be more popular than the video. So I need to keep promoting myself.

I'll tell you who doesn't get enough credit, Soulja Boy. He was the first one to do something, post it, yank it down, and sell more records because of it.

I was surprised to know I had so many hits on YouTube.

We aren't just some record to put out before the new Pussycat Dolls CD!

I would not understand when people will tell me that 'Tum hi ho' has got more than 1 million views on YouTube. I was like, 'How does it make a difference?' Later, I would go to YouTube and see songs of Rihanna, Enrique etc. and would see their hits. Then I came to know the importance. Nowadays, you can judge from these sites how big is a sing.

I just liked making funny videos, content that people would enjoy. The likes and retweets - that was, like, a plus.

When you release a single like 'My Friends Over You,' people just think you have one kind of song.

I recorded my first song, 'Greetings,' and it got so much attention on SoundCloud. I was not expecting that.

You no longer have to have a big record label behind you and have to kowtow to the politics that enabled you to get there. You can be a phenomenal artist and put your stuff out there on YouTube and find yourself becoming a star.

The video was of paramount importance, because 'Take on Me' was not an instant hit.

The word 'album' makes you nervous, especially 'debut album.'

'Dirt on My Boots' was pegged as the second single from 'California Sunrise' from the get-go, and we felt like it was just a fun song to go with.

The Internet is a big reason I've been successful so far. It's working for a lot of new wave artists, which I consider myself a part of.

It's a really hard decision, picking my second single.

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.

I've got a group chat with my friends, and they were telling me I was blowing up on Twitter. I don't really look into those things, though.

'Fields of Gold' is my favourite record.

'The Fire in The Booth' exposed me to a wider audience. I had hundreds of thousands of followers, loyal followers before that, that's been following me on the journey.

I was doing Facebook comedy videos; then I moved over to Instagram, and then I hopped on Twitter. That is where I really was a master. That was the first place where I could go viral.