Radio Quotes

I think for new artists the hardest thing is putting the face with a name. People maybe heard our song on the radio or something but until they get several impressions of who you are - from whatever it is, whether TV or a live show, I feel like they don't quite connect the dots.

I was born in 1942, so I was mainly aware of Howard Hughes' name on RKO Radio Pictures.

A few years ago, one of our singles got beaten out by Better Than Ezra. The label could only have one band at a time being taken to the right people at radio, and they opted for Better Than Ezra instead of us. Who knows.

I saw an Elvis Presley movie Jailhouse Rock, where he gets out of jail and makes his own records and takes them to the radio stations himself. And then, he puts records in the store. After seeing that, I made records an put them in stores.

I grew up wanting to be a musician, but my parents were sure I would starve to death. So, they put me in physics and chemistry. That eventually blew up, and I got into radio.

Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.

The radio was my pal. I was just crazy about it.

I was a very happy child, so to speak. But, since we didn't have video games or television, and very little radio, in terms of a form of entertainment, I used to read a lot and I would draw a lot, and those two things used to occupy my time.

Radio in England is nonexistent. It's very bad English use of a media system, typically English use.

I have heard Mr. Romney's speech's many times on television and the radio and I have even read his book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness and I must say that out of all the gentleman running for the presidency Mr. Romney is, in my opinion, the best one to fit the bill.

I'd love to get played on the radio, but it just doesn't happen.

Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did.

It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation.

I grew up on radio, not TV.

I've got about 27 gigs right now. I've got radio, I've got television, I've got The Washington Post.

The more melodies and chord changes, the less good it is for the clubs, but the better it is for radio, because it makes it really emotional.

The radio was my big influence. Comedy came from the instinctual feel I had for language.

I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On.

The biggest deal for me was that all 24 winners are placed on the Billboard CD of the Year, which went out to 500 of the biggest Music Reps in the business, from radio and press to management and booking.

I'm running a radio station.

As far as loneliness, I feel Los Angeles and its layout, having to drive everywhere - it is a lonely place. It's an isolated city in that respect because you're driving to places alone listening to the radio.

I'm not a big radio guy, I don't listen to whatever is the hip new thing.

There's no longevity in me telling old stories on the radio.

I don't like what the radio plays for the most part.

Europe has a press that stresses opinions; America a press, radio, and television that emphasize news.

It wasn't glamorous in my day. In the regions, reporters were seen as such low life that they didn't merit their name in the Radio Times. Now people are interested in being famous. I never gave it a thought.

I was a child actor in radio, and there's not many of us left.

The effect hip-hop had on me was enormous. I was exposed to it by happenstance. My father worked at a radio station in New York called WKTU Disco 92. It was the first radio station in New York City to play disco in the late '70s.

I think you have to have a jazz pedigree to be on jazz radio.

It is difficult to get played at my age on the radio.