Mtv Quotes

MTV is where it all started for me.

— The Miz

I got a PBS mind in an MTV world.

— Jimmy Buffett

I'm from the MTV generation.

— Matt Skiba

MTV shows me love.

— Fat Joe

MTV ruined music for us.

— Steve Lukather

I watched a lot of MTV growing up.

— Riff Raff

MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough

— Dan Fogelberg

At one time, MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.

— Prince

MTV promotes the most violent of acts in front of our children.

— Eddie Rabbitt

MTV can't do less for me, let's put it that way. I'm fine without them.

— Trent Reznor

If you're an MTV fan, you like all the stuff that's on MTV.

— Judy McGrath

MTV is to music as KFC is to chicken!

— Lewis Black

Living in Italy meant growing up without MTV.

— Laura Jane Grace

MTV has always been about redefining itself.

— Martha Quinn

I was trying to think of a word that was not offensive. Yeah, Harry [Elfont] is right - it is kind of…

— Deborah Kaplan

I could not do the film Spinal Tap because I was already at MTV and it was occupying all my time.

— Nina Blackwood

My parents treat me like I'm 14. They make me clean my room and stuff like that. They're always like "I don't…

— Pete Wentz

I never looked out for MTV... I just looked for the approval of the streets... The streets will always let you know.

— Redman

MTV is such a commercial blitz that a lot of our fans would not watch it.

— John Popper

It could be the sort of declining grip of the American MTV-nation culture-the fact that MTV doesn't play so much music anymore.

— M.I.A

It's me! It's me! It's always me! [Darren when asked who smelled so good at the MTV Live interview in New York]

— Darren Hayes

I mean, MTV or the mainstream media can tell you one thing, but when there are 40,000 people in front of you,…

— Sebastian Bach

You see so many movies... the younger people who are coming from MTV or who are coming from commercials and there's no…

— Peter Bogdanovich

Unfortunately, as far as the music is concerned, what defines relevance is whether you are on the radio or whether you are…

— Larry Mullen, Jr

People are appreciating the old stuff again and there's no MTV-style scene police to try to make us all listen to Machine…

— Mat McNerney

At the time we acquired Viacom, everyone said I had overpaid. But even at today's depressed prices, that investment is worth billions.…

— Sumner Redstone

I wasn't that wild about that. I told them basically if they were really going to want to bring back heavy metal…

— Phil Anselmo

During The Hills, we were not allowed to wear outfits twice, so I asked [MTV] to supply me with a wardrobe, but…

— Heidi Montag

At MTV, although the audience is smaller, I found it more interesting to deliver news to a specific group of people, because…

— Tabitha Soren

My goal in life was to host the MTV Awards, because it's the awards show that Prince sang on, and that was…

— Chris Rock

Swarmers run the risk of skittering like water bugs on the surface of life. By being quickly and constantly connected, they can…

— Joel Garreau

I spent the '80s in the Soviet Union and when I came to America it was '89 and I was in an…

— Regina Spektor

I've always thought that "punk" wasn't really a genre. My band started in Olympia where K Records was and K Records put…

— Kathleen Hanna

I measure success in terms of the connection with the audience, which we've been able to do in spades. I mean, it's…

— Tom Freston

4Shbab has been dubbed Islamic MTV. Its creator, who is an Egyptian TV producer called Ahmed Abu Haiba, wants young people to…

— Shereen El Feki

The most difficult thing has definitely been movies. From a comedian's standpoint, you think being real big is the best thing, but…

— Bill Bellamy

You can't expect to be on MTV and critique George Bush. You can't expect to be on BET or the cover of…

— KRS-One

Before MTV, if you put out an album that sold 50,000 copies, your band could afford not to have day jobs for…

— Mark Mothersbaugh

MTV has severely compromised surrealism, perhaps ruined it forever.

— Donald Barthelme

I worked with three people who were doing video music shows before MTV.

— Nina Blackwood