Radio Quotes

Small: Were more into expressing ourselves than making radio hits
"We're more into expressing ourselves than making radio hits"
Adam Jones, Musician
Small: Gossip is the Devils radio
George Harrison
"Gossip is the Devil's radio"
George Harrison, Musician
Small: The radio makes hideous sounds
Bob Dylan
"The radio makes hideous sounds"
Bob Dylan, Musician
Small: I didnt come east of the Mississippi for the first time in my life until I was 26 years of age, but I knew.
"I didn't come east of the Mississippi for the first time in my life until I was 26 years of age, but I knew. I read magazines, I listened to radio, I watched television. I knew there was something out there, and I wanted a part of it"
Sam Donaldson, Journalist
Small: But in 1941, on December 8th, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, my mother bought a radio and we listen
"But in 1941, on December 8th, after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, my mother bought a radio and we listened to the war news. We'd not had a radio up to that time. I was born in 1934, so I was seven years of age"
Sam Donaldson, Journalist
Small: Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making
"Radio is a bag of mediocrity where little men with carbon minds wallow in sluice of their own making"
Fred Allen, Comedian
Small: When I came out of service, the first couple of releases didnt really hit so I just took a little hiatus and s
"When I came out of service, the first couple of releases didn't really hit so I just took a little hiatus and sat down to see what was happening. I just glued my ears to the radio and then I started writing - the first hit record that came out was "Everybody Loves a Winner.""
William Bell
Small: I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic reaction
"I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic reaction to listening to that music and the context into which it falls. I'm really working on him about that"
Aimee Mann, Musician
Small: I dont think theres one thing Ive ever said on the radio that would have been found indecent or obscene
"I don't think there's one thing I've ever said on the radio that would have been found indecent or obscene"
Howard Stern, Entertainer
Small: Im a businesswoman. I am a music lover. I like for people to like my music. When you listen to top 40 radio, y
"I'm a businesswoman. I am a music lover. I like for people to like my music. When you listen to top 40 radio, you hear pop stuff. You hear rock stuff. You hear all these different influences"
Lee Ann Womack, Musician
Small: Quite frankly, Ive always listened to the black side of the radio dial. Where I grew up, there was a lot of it
"Quite frankly, I've always listened to the black side of the radio dial. Where I grew up, there was a lot of it and there was a lot of live music around"
Boz Scaggs, Musician
Small: Talk radio doesnt need to be political
"Talk radio doesn't need to be political"
Jim Sullivan, Musician
Small: Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them Id hear off the radio and
"Probably some of the songs I never even really listened to the lyrics. Half of them I'd hear off the radio and was probably singing the wrong words and didn't even know it"
Alan Jackson, Musician
Small: As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think thats one step ahead o
"As I went to college, I went into radio and television. Now I suppose most people think that's one step ahead of basket weaving as a major in college, but it was part of the journalism department"
Sam Donaldson, Journalist
Small: I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was
"I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was about me separating from my wife. It's a weird thing to listen to a news report about the break-up of your marriage"
Rory Bremner, Comedian
Small: Ive never really been a traditional country kind of guy. I wanted my music to sound more like the end of the 9
"I've never really been a traditional country kind of guy. I wanted my music to sound more like the end of the '90s and to have the kind of great music, pop or whatever, that radio will embrace"
Bryan White, Musician
Small: We are already expected to be the goodie two shoes. I went through that during my junior high schools where I
"We are already expected to be the goodie two shoes. I went through that during my junior high schools where I wasn't allowed to watch television. I wasn't allowed to listen to the radio"
Nick Cannon, Musician
Small: I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On
Sting
"I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On"
Sting, Musician
Small: Radio is commercial, isnt it. Its a business
"Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business"
Robin Trower, Musician
Small: My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too
"My father hated radio and could not wait for television to be invented so he could hate that too"
Peter De Vries, Novelist
Small: I actually started, this year, doing some voiceovers. I did some radio spots, and some games
"I actually started, this year, doing some voiceovers. I did some radio spots, and some games"
Julie Benz, Actress
Small: And rather than hide that, I would rather put that out on the radio and let someone see the full range of emot
"And rather than hide that, I would rather put that out on the radio and let someone see the full range of emotions. If you're going to be strong on the radio, you got to let it all out, even the ugly stuff. And you can't apologize for it"
Howard Stern, Entertainer
Small: I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things
"I listen to National Public Radio, which, to me at least, presents the most rounded view of things"
Ed Harris, Actor
Small: Turn up your radio. Watch lots of telly and eat loads of choc. Feel guilty. Stay up all night. Learn everythin
"Turn up your radio. Watch lots of telly and eat loads of choc. Feel guilty. Stay up all night. Learn everything in six hours that has taken you two years to compile. That's how I did it"
Dawn French, Comedian
Small: A lot of times in this business, we are taking advantage of hot times in our career to do a lot of TV and a lo
"A lot of times in this business, we are taking advantage of hot times in our career to do a lot of TV and a lot of radio and that sort of thing, and George is able to be so humble that he can get away with not doing those things"
Lee Ann Womack, Musician
Small: There are things that I wont do on the radio. I mean, the next logical question is, what wont you do.
"There are things that I won't do on the radio. I mean, the next logical question is, what won't you do. I say, well, you know, you've got to find out when you're on the air"
Howard Stern, Entertainer
Small: There is not a lot that keeps me glued to the radio as I used to be
"There is not a lot that keeps me glued to the radio as I used to be"
Boz Scaggs, Musician
Small: Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio
"Personally, I just think rap music is the best thing out there, period. If you look at my deck in my car radio, you're always going to find a hip-hop tape; that's all I buy, that's all I live, that's all I listen to, that's all I love"
Eminem, Musician
Small: I had a hit single on the radio for 30 days before I graduated from high school
Will Smith
"I had a hit single on the radio for 30 days before I graduated from high school"
Will Smith, Actor
Small: The future is electronic. Its radio, television and the Internet its not really newspapers anymore
"The future is electronic. It's radio, television and the Internet; it's not really newspapers anymore"
Will McDonough, Writer
Small: If it werent for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, wed still be eating frozen radio dinners
Johnny Carson
"If it weren't for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we'd still be eating frozen radio dinners"
Johnny Carson, Comedian
Small: So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and thats how it all started
"So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started"
Rod Taylor, Actor
Small: I loved being on the radio. Being paid to talk? Its like being paid to eat
"I loved being on the radio. Being paid to talk? It's like being paid to eat"
Rachel Maddow, Journalist
Small: Also theres two sides of it, I mean, a band like us, at our level and the way we have to promote ourselves and
"Also there's two sides of it, I mean, a band like us, at our level and the way we have to promote ourselves and usually radio just completely turns their back on us, at the same time I think Mp3s help promote us somewhat, spreading the word about the album and stuff"
Kenny Hickey, Musician
Small: Country radio certainly widens the boundaries of what I can do. Other artists may do something more edgy that
"Country radio certainly widens the boundaries of what I can do. Other artists may do something more edgy that gets on radio and that opens the door for me to be more edgy, I think"
Clint Black, Musician
Small: Its American Alternative radio stations that bug me. Were considered Alternative, but dont expect us to be pla
"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"
Thurston Moore, Musician
Small: Radio interoperability is essential for our police, fire, and emergency medical service departments to communi
"Radio interoperability is essential for our police, fire, and emergency medical service departments to communicate with each other in times of emergency"
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Small: Well over fifty years ago I was making radio loudspeakers and radio sets in Rochester, New York pretty young a
"Well over fifty years ago I was making radio loudspeakers and radio sets in Rochester, New York; pretty young and inexperienced; but we survived the depression"
Stuart Symington, Businessman
Small: I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang
Ruben Blades
"I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang"
Ruben Blades, Musician
Small: Super casual music listeners. Thats most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, thats why Top
"Super casual music listeners. That's most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that's why Top 40 radio exists. It's not there for people who seek out music and who love music"
Michael Stipe, Musician