Radio Quotes

Welcome to Radio Quotes, the ultimate source for the very best quotes from your favored radio reveals! Here you can discover one of the most remarkable lines from one of the most popular radio programs, from classic shows to the most recent hits. Whether you're looking for a funny one-liner or a provocative quote, you'll discover it here. Search our collection of quotes and find the ideal one to share with your loved ones. So tune in and also get motivated!
Small: TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains
Peggy Noonan
"TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains"
Peggy Noonan, Writer
Small: Its not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on
Marilyn Monroe
"It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on"
Marilyn Monroe, Actress
Small: I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio.
"I think I owe thanks to the people who have listened to me over the years, who tuned in on the radio. They have given me a warmth and loyalty that I've never been able to repay. The way they have reached out to me has certainly been the highlight of my life"
Ernie Harwell, Celebrity
Small: I wrote a lot of stuff quickly: pages and pages of notes that seemed pretty incoherent at first. Most of it wa
"I wrote a lot of stuff quickly: pages and pages of notes that seemed pretty incoherent at first. Most of it was taken from the radio because -suddenly being a parent- I'd be confronted by the radio giving a news report every hour of the day"
Thom Yorke, Musician
Small: I think some people record songs and make records a certain way to cater to radio. If youre born to make comme
"I think some people record songs and make records a certain way to cater to radio. If you're born to make commercial music that's cool. But if you're born to not make commercial records, maybe you're meant to cater to another market"
Bryan White, Musician
Small: If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if thats where they get most of their
Maynard James Keenan
"If the education of our kids comes from radio, television, newspapers - if that's where they get most of their knowledge from, and not from the schools, then the powers that be are definitely in charge, because they own all those outlets"
Maynard James Keenan, Musician
Small: I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were a toaster and a radio
Joan Rivers
"I knew I was an unwanted baby when I saw that my bath toys were a toaster and a radio"
Joan Rivers, Comedian
Small: People who think radio acting is easy are wrong, because you got nothing to work with but your voice
"People who think radio acting is easy are wrong, because you got nothing to work with but your voice"
Melanie Griffith, Actress
Small: I think of the Replacements only when theyre brought up to me. For two years, Im at home, they dont really cro
"I think of the Replacements only when they're brought up to me. For two years, I'm at home, they don't really cross my mind. I still hear them on the radio. I'm not ashamed of anything we did"
Paul Westerberg, Musician
Small: It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio
"It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio"
Sam Donaldson, Journalist
Small: I sing both in my shower and in my car, mostly in my car, because I have this weird thing - whenever Im singin
"I sing both in my shower and in my car, mostly in my car, because I have this weird thing - whenever I'm singing to the radio - my friends kind of hate it - but I pick out the harmonies in my head, and I'm singing the harmonies to the tracks and I'm jamming it out"
Paul McDonald, Musician
Small: We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supp
"We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supports Liverpool. He was Everton for a while because of his family - but it's all Liverpool now"
Linda McCartney, Photographer
Small: Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did
Jimmy Durante
"Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did"
Jimmy Durante, Comedian
Small: We live in a connected world now. Some find that frightening. If people are downloading our music, theyre list
"We live in a connected world now. Some find that frightening. If people are downloading our music, they're listening to it. The internet is like radio for us"
Jeff Tweedy, Musician
Small: Well, he doesnt make me laugh. I think Ive got a fair sense of humour but I cant really see it in him.
Ian St. John
"Well, he doesn't make me laugh. I think I've got a fair sense of humour but I can't really see it in him. I've listened to his show on the radio on a Saturday morning, and that's a load of mince as well"
Ian St. John, Athlete
Small: Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, youre really connecting
"Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting"
Casey Kasem, Actor
Small: Basically, radio hasnt changed over the years. Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to
"Basically, radio hasn't changed over the years. Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience"
Casey Kasum
Small: There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatev
"There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In the past, I'd say, 'Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.'"
Chuck D., Musician
Small: I like doing radio because its so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, youre inside there heads, not o
Doug Coupland
"I like doing radio because it's so intimate. The moment people hear your voice, you're inside there heads, not only that, you're in there laying eggs"
Doug Coupland, Author
Small: George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you cant hear him talk
Steven Wright
"George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk"
Steven Wright, Comedian
Small: I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car
David Byrne
"I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car"
David Byrne, Musician
Small: You know, there are not only - all of the networks, and I mean every television news operation and print and r
Connie Chung
"You know, there are not only - all of the networks, and I mean every television news operation and print and radio and magazines, newspapers, all of them, are remiss in the diversity area. I mean, none of these organizations have reached a level of parity"
Connie Chung, Journalist
Small: Just about any story we think about doing, whether weve read it in a newspaper, heard it on the radio or come
Connie Chung
"Just about any story we think about doing, whether we've read it in a newspaper, heard it on the radio or come upon it through word of mouth - by the time you get there, every other network, cable station and talk show is already racing to the scene"
Connie Chung, Journalist
Small: Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not
Fran Lebowitz
"Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk"
Fran Lebowitz, Journalist
Small: It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars
Lenny Kravitz
"It was amazing to me that, all of a sudden, I was hearing my music on the radio and coming out of cars"
Lenny Kravitz, Musician
Small: I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio
Rodney Dangerfield
"I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio"
Rodney Dangerfield, Comedian
Small: I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio
Rodney Dangerfield
"I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio"
Rodney Dangerfield, Comedian
Small: Radio is not a partner in the industry. I think that the music industry has continued to depend upon radio, bu
Don Rose
"Radio is not a partner in the industry. I think that the music industry has continued to depend upon radio, but has ended up pandering to a medium that doesn't care"
Don Rose, Radio host
Small: I would go to radio stations and they were supposed to be interviewing me and playing my record and they would
"I would go to radio stations and they were supposed to be interviewing me and playing my record and they would say, We're playing too many women right now, we can't play your record"
Kristin Hersh, Musician
Small: I dont like what the radio plays for the most part
"I don't like what the radio plays for the most part"
Kristin Hersh, Musician
Small: Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say its alternative, but you cant break out of pop
"Nirvana was pop. You can have distorted guitars and people say it's alternative, but you can't break out of pop music's constructs and still get extensive radio play and media coverage"
Kristin Hersh, Musician
Small: We didnt have television until I was about eight years old, so it was either the movies or radio. A lot of rad
"We didn't have television until I was about eight years old, so it was either the movies or radio. A lot of radio drama. That was our television, you know. We had to use our imagination. So it was really those two things, and the comics, that I immersed myself in as a child"
Jessica Hagedorn, Playwright
Small: There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these cr
"There were also horror shows on the radio. Very terrifying and thrilling to me as a kid. They had all these creepy sound effects. They would come on at ten o'clock at night, and I just would scare myself to death"
Jessica Hagedorn, Playwright
Small: As far as loneliness, I feel Los Angeles and its layout, having to drive everywhere - it is a lonely place.
"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"
Jason Schwartzman, Actor
Small: About 25 years ago, I was in an apartment, and next door, they put on the radio, so I struck the wall with my
"About 25 years ago, I was in an apartment, and next door, they put on the radio, so I struck the wall with my fist, but they did not put the radio down. I took a tool and banged until I made a hole through the wall. It was like a comedy movie"
Klaus Kinski, Actor
Small: But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers
"But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers"
Carly Simon, Musician
Small: Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody t
"Asking the author of historical novels to teach you about history is like expecting the composer of a melody to provide answers about radio transmission"
Lion Feuchtwanger, Novelist
Small: Talk radio doesnt need to be political
"Talk radio doesn't need to be political"
Jim Sullivan, Musician
Small: Aint nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should
"Ain't nobody making music to not be heard and the easiest way to be heard is to be on the radio, but you should never compromise who you are, your values or your morals"
Talib Kweli, Musician
Small: I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio
"I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio"
Ed Bradley, Journalist
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