Lil Nas X Quotes

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

I've just always been making videos. And then I just put them online and, luckily, they all took off.

With social media, if you have a viral video people can like what you do and it's homegrown and very organic.

I don't really follow the rules of like - not traditional, but how everyone does YouTube. And it's kind of made me more cautious and conscious of what I put into my videos.

I love making videos on my couch. You can put those on the Internet fast. I can express myself.

I spend 6 hours filming a Vine.

Towards the end of summer 2013, when school ended, I decided to re-download all of my social media channels and make videos again. The next day, I woke up and had 9,000 followers. I did the same thing the next day and woke up with 54,000 followers.

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.

The strange thing was, when I was starting on YouTube, even the paradigm of YouTube and Internet sensation - or whatever - that didn't really exist. So I didn't even know that that was a thing.

I've been fascinated by the Internet from the very start. In 2001, I had made a funny black-and-white film called 'How to Dance Properly,' a short video of me dancing to a Madonna song. I sent it to 17 of my friends on a Thursday, and by Monday, one million people a day were logging on to view it.

People think that you upload a video, and it goes viral, and then you're a YouTube star, and I'm like, 'Nah, no.' In total, with all of the channels I've done, I've uploaded anywhere from 400 to 1,000 videos to the Internet, and each one of those takes a whole day to make.

I've done 20 takes of a Vine before it goes out.

It's very easy to make a viral video, but longevity and consistency, that's hard.

If you go on my Instagram, you're not going to see the same content you'll see on my YouTube. Instagram has become the new magazine. It's much more editorial and about perfect moments that are captured. Snapchats are funny, real moments that you want to share. On YouTube, it's more structured, more storytelling.

Once I took to Twitter and shared those jokes, they became a huge hit. My following grew, and some of the posts got thousands of retweets. With so many shares, money from sponsors followed.

I need some more followers! I need to get my stats up to a million so I can make any movie with The Rock I want!

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

I carry my camera with me everywhere. I'm a vlogger!

People didn't go on YouTube to get famous back when I started.

I'm not a naturally funny person, and I also can't dance, so I feel like I'm lacking the key things that you need to make a good Tik Tok video.

I'm a YouTuber; I want to share my information. I want to share my tips and tricks and hacks and everything I possibly can with my audience because they've done so much for me.

I had heard about Vine through Twitter, and my first video was of me freaking out on my couch. Back then I had 5 followers.

I was doing some YouTube covers, and I had a decently popular blog on Tumblr.

I love doing YouTube. That's where my heart is, and so it makes me sad when I can't put a good, fun, energetic video out, because that's what I love to do - and that's my passion. And that's who I am.

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.