Quotes about "Social Media & Online Culture"

We have something very powerful in our hands with the Internet, and we still don't really understand fully its power. ”

I think, having grown up with the Internet, things like trolls and the world of having an online life as well as a physical one, it's something I've grown up with. ”

Social media worries me because it's not part of my world. ”

No matter what you do, if you're trying to create something new, your environment has a massive impact on you. ”

Although they might not admit it, I think girls are very aware of the impact that they're having. But they never feel it themselves, and it's impossible to explain. It's like trying to tell a blind person what yellow is. ”

I really want it to have an impact on the world. I want to be in a town on the other side of the world, and somebody walks up and says, 'That music you made in Glasgow, I listened to it every day, and it moved me.' ”

The internet is like a gossipy girls' locker room after school, isn't it? ”

Glasgow's not a media center. When you're there, when you're hanging about, you feel quite detached from musical movements or fashions or anything like that. You do feel quite alone, in a good way. ”

Dirtbag' is just the term we use, like a 'gnarly dude' in surfing. Within the climbing culture, it means being a committed lifer: someone who has embraced a minimalist ethic in order to rock climb. It basically means you're a homeless person by choice. ”

The Internet never ceases to impress me. ”