A biography for Tom Andersonhasn’t been written yet.
“We want MySpace users to connect with celebrities in the same way that they do with musicians.”
“It's not as much fun to go to karaoke alone, but when you do it through the Internet or on your MySpace page, then you can share it with people.”
“Creative freedom and self-expression is what MySpace is all about.”
“Expensive gear helps for night shots, but I wouldn't recommend beginners overspend on a camera.”
“The entertainment industry is a very noisy, crowded marketplace.”
“It made a lot of sense to me that the music part of our site would work for filmmakers as well. They'll be able to upload clips. There will be a section where you can watch what they are doing. They'll tell where their screenings are. It took a lot longer than we wanted to because we were growing so fast.”
“I don't know exactly where my life will lead. Adventure and the unknown has always been appealing to me.”
“I'd heard comedians working MySpace into their routines and giving out their URLs as early as 2004.”
“If you knew me before Myspace, you'd probably thought I'd have been a scholar teaching philosophy in a university my whole life. If you met me before college, you'd probably have thought I'd be a musician for my entire life.”
“Burning Man is like one big giant art installation in the middle of starkly beautiful desert landscape, and the attendees are creative in the way they dress.”
“Another part of my background was that I was in film school.”
“I wouldn't single out Facebook as a concern, because we've got different local competitors around the world.”
“We felt like we reached a point where MySpace in its original incarnation had peaked in a way.”
“Bands are going to MySpace because it's free and they don't have to know how to do a Web site.”
“Facebook really has made the world a better place.”
“MySpace is the site I wanted to be on.”
“I mean, my mom knows Google, but she doesn't know MySpace.”
“It's kind of like, who cares about MTV anymore?”
“Anything you do on the Internet, I want you to be able to do on MySpace. That's the goal and ambition.”
“We've tried to simplify the site because some people found it too difficult to use and were intimidated by it.”