Tom Anderson

“Celebrities have been using MySpace since the site's launch and it's a natural extension for us to now offer them an aggregated channel where they can be in control of their own image.”

“Instagram has really changed the travel industry.”

“Popular opinion is the biggest 'filter' for most people - they don't have to try something if they've already been told it's not cool.”

“It always helps to have someone who can say, No, we can do it faster this way, or We have to break the rules, even our own rules, to get things done.”

“People aren't interested in music on Facebook in the way they are on MySpace, that's one of the big keys here.”

“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.”

“In one sense, Facebook is very focused as an address book, as efficient communication. It's like e-mail or like IM or something like that. And we do those things, too, but we do so much more. We try to focus on the whole world and all the things that people are interested in, rather than just people to people, or one to one communication.”

“The Impact Channel and OurPlanet were created to increase awareness of environmental and social causes within the MySpace community.”

“The very first plan I wrote for MySpace was that it would be a portal, but a portal wrapped around your user profile.”

“I had looked at dating sites and niche communities like BlackPlanet, AsianAvenue, and MiGente, as well as Friendster, and I thought, 'They're thinking way too small.'”

“It's our hope that MySpace Comedy, much like Music and Film before it, will serve as a launch pad for up-and-coming comedians and as an attraction for the biggest names in the industry.”

“Photography has literally changed my life.”

“The first people in a company are the most important. They will hire people like themselves and create a culture that either works or eats away at the chance for success.”

“Safety' hysteria destroyed MySpace in the press. It got MySpace banned from schools, Apple stores, and by well-meaning parents who had been terrorized by what they were reading.”

“I've literally never seen a crowd react to a band the way they react to the Polysics. Signing them to MySpace Records was an obvious choice. I wanted to be the person to bring this seasoned band to a new culture and audience. I'm really proud of them.”

“MySpace gives our members the ability to reach such an incredible range of people and have direct contact with them. I'm not sure how that devalues friendship so much as it expands the range of potential friends you can have.”

“When I left the work world, I started designing my dream house. I dived into architecture and bought seven vacant lots. My plan was to build one house, move in, and build the next. If the next was better, I'd move in and sell the previous one - so on and so forth.”

“The less the camera is able to capture what you're seeing in a scene, the more editing it needs.”

“The idea was that if it was a cool thing to do online, you should be able to do it on MySpace.”

“MySpace is so much more about culture and about creativity and expression. So in other words, you go on MySpace and you can find music, and you can find video, and things about politics, and things like that.”