Radio Quotes

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Small: I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car - David Byrne
David Byrne
"I never listen to the radio unless I rent a car"
David Byrne, 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: 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 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: I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio - Ed Bradley
"I knew that God put me on this earth to be on the radio"
Ed Bradley, Journalist
Small: But you know, I always said that no one else on my block was on the radio, and it was fun - Ed Bradley
"But you know, I always said that no one else on my block was on the radio, and it was fun"
Ed Bradley, Journalist
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: 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: Its really hard in this day and age, with radio and MTV being so consolidated, to get new music out there.
"It's really hard in this day and age, with radio and MTV being so consolidated, to get new music out there. I think we've become a really legitimate, viable avenue for getting new music out there"
Josh Schwartz, Producer
Small: The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off
"The bosses of our mass media, press, radio, film and television, succeed in their aim of taking our minds off disaster. Thus, the distraction they offer demands the antidote of maximum concentration on disaster"
Ernst Fischer, Writer
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: 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: Im very aware of what youre talking about as I was involved with the radio in Africa in the same period as I w
"I'm very aware of what you're talking about as I was involved with the radio in Africa in the same period as I was doing Concrete - I was doing both at the same time"
Pierre Schaeffer, Composer
Small: It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio - Sam Donaldson
"It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio"
Sam Donaldson, Journalist
Small: I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On - Sting
Sting
"I made two movies before The Police had a hit record: I did Quadrophenia and a film called Radio On"
Sting, Musician
Small: The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possib
Jared Diamond
"The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan"
Jared Diamond, Author
Small: That radio was very important for me. It meant I always knew what was going on in the world - Lennart Meri
"That radio was very important for me. It meant I always knew what was going on in the world"
Lennart Meri, Statesman
Small: But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers - Carly Simon
"But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers"
Carly Simon, Musician
Small: With that radio I was always swimming with the current political streams in the West. I was never stranded - L
"With that radio I was always swimming with the current political streams in the West. I was never stranded"
Lennart Meri, Statesman
Small: TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains - Peggy Noonan
Peggy Noonan
"TV gives everyone an image, but radio gives birth to a million images in a million brains"
Peggy Noonan, Writer
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: There is not a lot that keeps me glued to the radio as I used to be - Boz Scaggs
"There is not a lot that keeps me glued to the radio as I used to be"
Boz Scaggs, Musician
Small: Were more into expressing ourselves than making radio hits - Adam Jones
"We're more into expressing ourselves than making radio hits"
Adam Jones, Musician
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: Its not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on - Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe
"It's not true I had nothing on, I had the radio on"
Marilyn Monroe, Actress
Small: I had a hit single on the radio for 30 days before I graduated from high school - Will Smith
Will Smith
"I had a hit single on the radio for 30 days before I graduated from high school"
Will Smith, Actor
Small: The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent
Zac Hanson
"The real reason we ended up getting into that type of music was our dad worked for an oil company so we spent a year overseas when we were young kids. Because of that, it was all Spanish TV and radio so we ended up having these '50s and '60s tapes, tapes of that music"
Zac Hanson, Musician
Small: All India radio was worldwide - Ajay Naidu
"All India radio was worldwide"
Ajay Naidu, Actor
Small: The radio even werent allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center
"The radio even weren't allowed to say there was a Holocaust and people were being killed right, left and center in these terrible camps"
Patrick Macnee, Actor
Small: The future is electronic. Its radio, television and the Internet its not really newspapers anymore - Will McDo
"The future is electronic. It's radio, television and the Internet; it's not really newspapers anymore"
Will McDonough, Writer
Small: I went to Sirius Satellite Radio and did my show, Rapping With Rip - Rip Taylor
"I went to Sirius Satellite Radio and did my show, Rapping With Rip"
Rip Taylor, Comedian
Small: In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy - Martin Ryle
"In 1959 the University recognized our work by appointing me to a new Chair of Radio Astronomy"
Martin Ryle, Scientist
Small: Right now, politics follows the rules of talk radio - using conflict, tension, fear, and resentment to find ne
"Right now, politics follows the rules of talk radio - using conflict, tension, fear, and resentment to find new recruits"
John Avlon, Writer
Small: Somebody once said I had a face for radio and a voice for newspapers - Jerry Springer
"Somebody once said I had a face for radio and a voice for newspapers"
Jerry Springer, Celebrity
Small: It was darn nigh impossible for women in rock in the 70s. There wasnt a mold if you were a woman and you were
"It was darn nigh impossible for women in rock in the '70s. There wasn't a mold if you were a woman and you were in the entertainment in the '70s. You were probably a disco diva or a folk singer, or simply ornamental. Radio would play only one woman per hour"
Ann Wilson, Musician
Small: If it werent for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, wed still be eating frozen radio dinners - Johnn
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 - Rod
"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
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