Beginning Quote by Tom Anderson

I didn't expect major labels would embrace MySpace, and the original idea for music on the site was the unsigned bands, the independent bands.

— Tom Anderson

Bands are going to MySpace because it's free and they don't have to know how to do a Web site.

— Tom Anderson

I consider us to be one of the first Internet-based bands, especially because we basically started our entire band via the Internet. Before MySpace…

— Jack Barakat

Bands now are always trying to make their presence known through social networking and whatnot, but that's just the same as bands before the…

— Jeff Rosenstock

Yes, anyone can log onto your "anonymous" band's MySpace page and hear the music. So, in theory you have gotten your music in front…

— Chris Cain

On Friendster, if you were a band and you made a profile, they would delete it. They didn't want bands on their site.

— Tom Anderson

We want MySpace users to connect with celebrities in the same way that they do with musicians.

— Tom Anderson

Me and my bandmates grew up with the internet music scene. So we're well versed in how to interact with the online fan base.…

— Sameer Gadhia

When I was younger and bands were formed that way, out of friendships rather than anything else. It wasn't like we put up want…

— David Pajo

The problem with Myspace was always that it was never as strong a product as it needed to be. It left itself vulnerable to…

— Michael Birch

I'd like to think that people see there's two ways to do things. You can put a lot of money into a band and…

— Ryan Ross

From activism to socialising to starting new bands, 99% of everything that happens on MySpace is fun and positive. But with that many people,…

— Chris DeWolfe