Radio Quotes · Page 34

Most television could be presented by a dachshund. Radio can't, although there are a lot of dachshunds in there.

— Terry Wogan

I'm so unhappy with electoral politics that I switched to sports radio.

— Anonymous

Very rarely will you listen to the radio in a judgmental way, the way you'll watch telly.

— Clare Balding

This being 1962, no one thought it odd to have a mime program on radio.

— Mark Lewisohn

The internet creates more of an appetite for media - it doesn't replace physical books, radio or TV.

— Marissa Mayer

I've never been a fan of all the R&B and vocoder stuff you hear on the radio.

— Ben Howard

A lot of people hear things on the radio and try to make their own version of that.

— Borns

I did three winters at BBC Radio Leicester while playing cricket in the summers.

— Jonathan Agnew

I'm not a big country guy even though I'm from Nashville. I like some songs, but I wouldn't turn on a country…

— Mookie Betts

My family were symphonic musicians and in the opera. Also, it was my era, the love of radio. We used to listen…

— Francis Ford Coppola

They wouldn't play my records on American radio because I had spiky hair. They said, 'Punk rock doesn't sell advertising, it won't…

— Billy Idol

“Mtu yoyote anayedanganya ni Shetani, kwani Shetani ni baba wa uongo. Tusikubali kudanganywa ovyo, hasa watoto wetu, katika kipindi hiki cha utandawazi…

— Enock Maregesi

For God’s sake, let us be men not monkeys minding machines or sitting with our tails curled while the machine amuses us,…

— Anonymous

And that is what radio-activity is, a quick return to the state of rest which underlies the spiritual or invisible universe.

— Walter Russell

I remember people would talk about Country Music like it was this sexist, lame thing. Well, no, because Dolly Parton is writing…

— Neko Case

There [are] times when I put out an album, and I don't hear my songs really on the radio a lot, and…

— Common

What unnerves so many liberals about talk radio? Simple: It's the unapologetic nature of the conversation, the unwavering sense of certainty. Where's…

— James Lileks

I'm from a singing family, but they're not professional singers, only gospel - my grandfather was a minister. I started to sing…

— Diana Ross

I wrote 'Turn Your Radio On' in 1937, and it was published in 1938. At this time radio was relatively new to…

— Albert E. Brumley

Telling people that I wanted to make dance music, or be on the radio, they looked at me like I was crazy…

— Al Walser

When I put out 'Video Games' in May 2011, it was a 5:25-minute love song; I was surprised when a lot of…

— Lana Del Rey

I've done a show at the Largo Theater called The 'Thrilling Adventure Hour.' We read, like, radio teleplays. It's a send-up of…

— Paget Brewster

Radio astronomy reflects our fascination with how audio can be used to understand information or ideas. Just as scientists visualize data through…

— Honor Harger

Now tell me this. What would you consider the greatest spectator sport in the country today? Would you say it was baseball,…

— Frank Nugent

I turn on the radio, only leaves me down with the question, what happened to our generation?

— Live (Band

I don't like to cook. I can make a TV dinner taste like radio.

— Phyllis Diller

I'm a channel surfer when it comes to radio, a little bit of everything.

— Kevin Fowler

I don't stay out late, don't care to go. I'm home about 8, just me and my radio.

— Fats Waller

Radio and TV don't have the power like they used to. With the Internet, people can pick. You can't hide talent no…

— Riff Raff

I think that the special thing about radio is the off switch. If something's not pleasing you, turn it off.

— Kenneth Goldsmith

I always tell people I romanticize about doing something simple, like doing radio in northern California.

— Craig Kilborn

I went straight in. Fade in, one... whatever. He's playing the piano in the radio station.

— Ronald Harwood

But when we listened to the radio, it was Bill Haley and the Comets or the Everly Brothers.

— Carly Simon

I bought a new Japanese car, I turned on the radio ... I don't understand a word they're saying.

— Rodney Dangerfield

When I started in radio, I worked for free. I lived at the radio station. Then I worked for very little money.

— Sean Hannity

Nobody was interested in playing Bob Marley on the radio. We had to tour him - that was the only way it…

— Chris Blackwell

It's a privilege to present 'Late Night Live'. No radio program, anywhere on Earth, casts a wider net.

— Phillip Adams

I'd love to get played on the radio, but it just doesn't happen.

— Miranda Lambert

A lot of the music I listen to is indie rock. It's not on the radio.

— Laura Bell Bundy

In hindsight, I feel like I made the right decision to choose production that would get played on black radio.

— India Arie