Quotes About Influence

We're trying to evolve a lot away from YouTube because YouTube is awesome - they have a huge audience, and we started there - but then you're at the mercy of their algorithms a lot, too. They can change anything, and it's really up to them, and you can't say anything about it.

I'm pretty obsessed with Stevie Nicks from her style to her voice. I like watching her on YouTube and her old performances, the way she moves and everything.

I try to use my influence and empower my community to always question the status quo - whether it relates to broader policy issues or YouTube gossip.

My channel is my baby. Some women have babies; I have a YouTube channel.

The YouTube industry is quite alien to a lot of people.

I tell students, 'If you are learning from YouTube I almost don't want to teach you because what you learn from YouTube it takes 10 times as long to unlearn.' They do an approximation of the centre of the note, an approximation of the interpretation, a cloned version.

I'm inspired by a lot of things. I came from Indonesia. I grew up watching a lot of YouTube videos and was inspired by all these other things. I just love making music. I don't think I'm trying to profit off anything. I just like creating stuff.

I don't want to be a Snapchat star. I barely want to be a YouTube star.

I'm so central to YouTube now, and that puts me in the spotlight and raises a lot of questions like, 'Why is he so big?'

Now it's hard to pick up any copy of 'Wired' that doesn't mention YouTube.

To see how YouTube has become part of pop culture, it's been just amazing.

We live in a world where everybody's an expert. Everybody's doing a YouTube video. Everyone's doing a tutorial of what needs to happen.

Because of YouTube, I'm getting fan mail from 10-year-olds and teenagers and college kids.

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

YouTube is akin to having my own network.

The worst advice I've ever received was 'Don't post on YouTube. It's dying.'

Being a YouTuber, I agree that YouTube's content is much more superior than TikTok. If people say TikTok has cringe content, YouTube also does. But content is subjective.

What I love about YouTube is that you don't need brands to pay you, because you get paid off the views. When I put effort into YouTube, I directly see money back.

I'm just out of touch with new music in general, and I only know about it if I'm hanging out with someone that knows about it, or I catch it on YouTube.

I think YouTube has destroyed the genre barrier. People can be into Justin Bieber and Eminem at the same time. It's a good thing.

Google owns YouTube, and recently, I drew a comic about an idea for a YouTube feature - which they actually took seriously and implemented. So I'm thinking that maybe we'll have a future where Google is 'xkcd.'

One of the biggest things that happened for me was YouTube.

YouTube is the new TV. I'm the voice of the young people. I feel like kids these days don't watch TV anymore... No, I will never leave YouTube. Never ever ever... If I do, you can do whatever you want to me.

I'm honored when young people say they've gone to school on slide guitar with my records. But people get their influence from my live shows and records and YouTube, not me personally. I walk around with a hat on. People don't know it's me.