Randy Bachman Quotes

This may sound a little bit idealistic, but when I go to my blog, my Facebook page, my Twitter account, I talk to different people from all over the world, and you see how it's easy to establish a dialogue.

I read Twitter all the time, even though I rarely tweet.

I'm always trying to respond to my Instagram direct messages, even if they're a little weird. I'll have a Q&A on Snapchat and talk to everyone.

There are 500 million people on Facebook, but what are they saying to each other? Not much.

Yeah, look, I think what we have with the social media and the digital media, and all the telecommunications we have today is a big megaphone, amplification.

There will never be a replacement for that ongoing physical contact. But I don't think blogging is meant to replace the face-to-face of friendships and meetings. Blogging is a way to keep in touch with a larger group of people on an ongoing basis, in a more efficient way.

It's amazing how directly you can connect with people via social media.

I don't read Twitter.

I saw a report on the news: 'Peter Dinklage tweeted... ' What? You know, I don't need any of that stuff. I got an email account; that's all I need.

Social media is just a platform. Twitter is a very simple and immediate broadcast platform. Facebook is a very personal, when it comes to friends and when it comes to fan pages, a little bit less but still somewhat personal way to communicate.

I avoid Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, and if I need to communicate with someone, I email direct.

I hadn't realized the number of people that are still interested in listening to what I am doing, people I would never know about if not for being online.

Real social situations are taking a back seat to social media.

In 1998, there was no social media. People were barely on the Internet. So I had no input from fans at all. Zero.

I don't do Facebook, Twitter, I don't do any of the social media.

When we look at social media, we really look at it on a continuum, and the continuum is from accumulation to instant expression.

Twitter, Instagram - I don't do it at all.

Social networks didn't exist when I started. Twitter and Facebook didn't exist. It was all about MySpace when I first got in the game.

I don't mind Twitter. I think it's a lot of nonsense, but at least, to me, Twitter is just more of a public forum to have conversation.

That's what social media is, that's what Twitter is, that's what Facebook posts are. It's just really anti-intellectual.

Technology is synonymous for connection with other people.

I like to stay in touch with the fans via social media a lot. I really get involved through Twitter and Instagram, if anyone wants to see what I'm doing.

Twitter is essential to me because I wake up and check it religiously. It's a way I communicate with my fan base.

I don't have a Twitter account.

I don't read blogs, I don't have MySpace, I don't have Facebook or Twitter - none of that.