Soulja Boy Quotes

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.

My whole career began because I was always putting my music on the Internet. By the time I had my first tour, I had an audience everywhere I went, because people were listening online.

The internet did not exist when I started out, the fact that bands can build a website and get all their information out there is really helpful. If you really love to play, I would say to keep doing it, because it's what you love and what you have to do.

I sort of came out at the dawn of the Internet in the mid-90s and I think it helped break my career. I think I was one of the first artists to really benefit from the grassroots swell that can happen online. I don't know if I would have broken out without it.

A young artist can become popular more quickly with the Internet providing instant access to one's work.

I think at first the Flume project really started out as an online thing. I used Facebook and SoundCloud, and I think we got lucky because it felt like a bit of a golden age of those social media platforms. So I managed to create quite a solid fan base online.

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

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.

The great thing about the Internet is, it has made it easier for people who are clever and resourceful to promote themselves.

I think that with the Internet, it has given a lot of people the opportunity to get themselves out there to the masses. But it's easy to group everyone that's on the Internet together. I try to cross and jump around between genres and different styles, kind of find my own niche.

A young artist can become popular more quickly with the Internet providing instant access to ones work. That might lead to more opportunity and an accelerated career. But it seems as if funding may be harder to come by and filmmakers are being prompted to give away their work for free in hopes to become part of the conversation.

The internet has been incredible in regards to the selling of my CD. I don't know how it's affected or will affect my acting career.

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

The Internet can give young people a fantastic platform to become financially independent and have global businesses without leaving Russia.

The Internet is an actor's best friend.

I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy.

I was part of the generation that pushed the Internet. In fact, I broke as an artist in the U.S.A. because of the Internet.

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.

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

The power of Twitter still never ceases to amaze me.

I was doing these music videos online for a couple years, and they'd be doing well to varying degrees. And I released an album, and with the album, I released three new music videos, and one of them was featured on Jezebel.

Before the Internet became so powerful, I toured extensively. With the rise of the Internet, touring apparently has become less important.

Social media is a great way to get discovered in the industry because it's free, it's worldwide, and everyone's on it - a very powerful combination.

During college, I collaborated with another YouTuber and musician, Shankar Tucker. He told me, 'You can do music on YouTube and it's a viable way to put out your songs' and it worked out.

I look at the Internet as an opportunity. I think you should do your stuff, and if you want to showcase it, it's a great platform. What people like and don't like is not in your control, so just have fun with it.