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"I moved to California when I was twelve and I got a video camera and made little movies because I didn't have any friends yet. I would force my sister to make these movies with me - which became my YouTube channel."

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Lana Del Rey Singer-Songwriter
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"I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic."

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Chris Rock Comedian, Actor, Writer
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"Just to be clear, Ray Rice was not fired for beating his wife. He was fired because a video of him beating his wife was released."

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Taylor Swift Singer, Songwriter
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"When I get to tell a story through music videos or TV, it's all about finding the story that I want to tell, so I'm definitely open to acting roles, it just depends on the story."

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Theresa May Politician
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"The internet makes information easier to come by, but harder to control - think of the success of blogs like ConservativeHome and Guido Fawkes. I definitely think Parliament's website can be improved - perhaps it could have better access to video feed, include interactive features or have discussion forums."

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Ann Wilson Singer, Songwriter
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"You have to also provide a video for it, look a certain way and big hair... If you're a woman it's even more strange with fake fingernails and corsets and all this stuff that was big in the 80s."

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Douglas Adams Writer, Humorist
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"The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder... Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe."

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Zell Miller Politician
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"Why is it that there's more indignation over a photo of a prisoner with underwear on his head than over the video of a young American with no head at all?"

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Dan Reynolds Musician
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"I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things."

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Ze Frank Web Personality, Filmmaker
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"The most incredible gift you can give someone in a video is to help them feel less alone... The things that make us feel the most alone, have the greatest power to connect us"

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Dolly Parton Singer, Songwriter, Actress
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"I bought all those [fitness] videos -- Richard Simmons, Jane Fonda. I love to sit and eat cookies and watch 'em."

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King Krule Musician
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"Because the Internets there, I have access to a lot of the legends, like Fela Kuti. I used to watch a lot of Fela Kuti videos, just to see how he performed. He inspired me a lot, actually, because he was a man of many words, many good words."

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Miles Davis Musician
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"If I hear a song like "Time After Time." I'm sittin' there lookin' at video and Cindy Lauper comes on singin' this song. I said, "God damnnnnn!""

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Hoodie Allen Rapper
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"In terms of everything, I'm happy and stand behind my video. If you can't tell we had a lot of fun doing it and you want to nitpick - I don't know. That's why you exist on the internet and not anywhere else."

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