Mtv Quotes · Page 4

I have prevented my kids from watching MTV at home. It's not safe for kids.

— Tom Freston

I think MTV should consider using subtitles. Half the time, even I can't understand what the fu*k I'm talking about.

— Ozzy Osbourne

MTV made a huge impact. Heavy rotation took you from selling 1m albums to 20m albums, and that meant a lot of…

— Ozzy Osbourne

Apparently, the image of our president is as offensive to MTV as it is to me.

— Trent Reznor

I turned down a lot of reality shows in the past, but MTV, back in the day, was just the coolest with…

— Tyga

I would watch all of the videos that came on on BET and MTV. I was infatuated with the hip-hop culture.

— Yo Gotti

The baby sits in front of MTV watching violent fantasies, while Dad guzzles beer with his favorite sport only to find his…

— Lou Reed

They say it figures MTV would do such a vulgar, awful, horrible show and they completely miss that it's satirizing the people…

— Mike Judge

Nada Surf and Harvey Danger are good bands. I think they've just stayed true to why they play music in the first…

— Ben Gibbard

Music videos may seem old hat now, but let me tell you, in the summer of 1981, MTV was indubitably the coolest…

— Julia Quinn

“We arrived and we thought, 'This is our time. This is our generation. We have a responsibility.' " @garyjkemp of Spandau Ballet…

— Lori Majewski

What is MTV doing and what is the hegemonic culture industry promoting in gangsta rap? It is the glorification of violence for…

— Bocafloja

I grew up raised in church, my parents are both traveling ministers. They blocked out MTV which was fine, but I'd find…

— Katy Perry

My first real break was when my college sketch troupe, The State, was asked to contribute pieces for a new MTV show…

— Michael Ian Black

Before I was a mom I used to think that parents who worried about their kids watching MTV were just clueless. Now…

— Martha Quinn

I came to New York and started doing stand-up and improv, and started auditioning for commercials and voiceovers and stuff. My first…

— Nick Kroll

We changed our rules. If a player does not have some sot of altercation on or off the court once each month,…

— Gregg Popovich

I have never made a cent off a record in my life. I have never recouped enough, and I never sold enough.…

— Jill Sobule

I've been performing since I was very little, about three years old. I was inspired at first by the MTV artists of…

— Erich Bergen

The Internet makes it easier to find good music I would have to say. The radio stations that play the kind of…

— Roland Orzabal

I just got on Twitter because there was some MTV film blog that quoted me on something really innocuous that I supposedly…

— Anna Kendrick

What's most insidious about MTV is that it commodifies precisely those things that young people believe are subversive. In other words, subversity…

— Todd Solondz

It started so early, it all runs together. But what made a huge impact on me was when I went to Europe…

— Chris Thomas King

Personally, I'm not into reality shows - I can't even name a reality show that I was a really big fan of,…

— Damien Fahey

Son-In-Law was kind of my crossover. It was the movie that brought me out of the MTV audience into the mainstream.

— Pauly Shore

Games have has as much an impact on Hollywood filmmaking as MTV music videos did.

— Bruce Feirstein

I was one of the first veejays to take the camera out on location, and that's what was unique about MTV at…

— Pauly Shore

There seem to be a lot of black artists making very good videos that I'm surprised aren't being used on MTV.

— David Bowie

I think MTV is so iconic that for them to notice me, little ol' me, was very, very exciting.

— Bishop Briggs

Technology has taken its toll on albums in a tough way. The CD format and MTV really played havoc on artists.

— Mark Mothersbaugh

People got extremely comfortable with being able to turn on their television and see MTV say, "This guy's hot you should buy…

— David Bowie

Anything that has to do with rock seems to be on the decline. There's not a lot of rock stations or MTV…

— Travis Barker

Even though I've been reasonably well known for quite a long time, I still can't get a record on daytime radio or…

— Anonymous

If I needed money, I wouldn't sell $5 t-shirts. I'd sell a Grammy or an MTV award.

— Mathew Knowles

MTV was just such a big pop cultural phenomenon, and I was lucky to be part of it.

— Tawny Kitaen

I barely ever watch TV, but when I do, I usually only watch MTV shows, like 'The Real World Sydney.'

— Ryan Sheckler

I create videos for my YouTube channel Chescaleigh and for 'Decoded,' a series with MTV.

— Franchesca Ramsey

My guaranteed way of sending myself into deep depression is to read music trade papers and watch MTV.

— Damon Albarn

I'll know I'm reaching the total American market when I'm asked to do a video for MTV.

— Leonard Slatkin

MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.

— Karlie Kloss