I'm moving forward and getting new fans at every show.
I'm on Facebook and Twitter, and occasionally I will tweet something. Somehow my problem is that I don't think I have anything interesting to tweet about.
My very first news director said to me that it's better to be hated than to have viewers be neutral.
I think, as long as people have a strong opinion, whether they love or hate us, I think we're doing something right.
If I'm saying something with an intelligent background, then at least it is creating conversation. Whether that conversation is people agreeing or disagreeing, I'm happy.
It's fun to be the guy that can be so polarising and have that effect on so many different people.
If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's great. You should be praised for having opened the debate and having asked the right questions.
I seem to always inspire a strong reaction one way or the other.
Once people are aware of your presence, and perhaps vaguely intrigued, you need to stir their interest before it settles on someone else.
There is a certain amount of intrigue that gets created by revealing portions of the book and, in the process, generating a certain amount of interest. Often, authors do this by releasing a few chapters online or even releasing film-like trailers.
In business, you're the Chief Salesman. Create a sense of demand, rather than waiting to have demand.
My performances are getting people's attention, that's what I'm looking for.
It's cool to be able to give your fans, and people in your life, a look at a lot of things that are going on.
I think, for me, the goal was never really for my EPs to go mainstream. I think the intention of them was to create a little bit of buzz and to show my musicality because I wrote and produced the EPs myself. The goal was to experiment, with no rules.
I had this mentality that I had to go out to everyone's show so everyone at the end of the week would come to mine - that I had to go out and rub elbows, find exposure. A small part of that is true. But if something is good, people will notice when you put it out.
If people have split views about your work, I think it's flattering. I'd rather have them feel something about it than dismiss it.
In today's roller-coaster economy, hyper-competitive, fear-based, flat and global world, convincing anyone to do anything at any time requires getting their attention, creating their intention and turning it to action.
