Casey Kasem

They are going to be playing Shaggy and Scooby-Doo for eons and eons, and they're going to forget Casey Kasem - unless…

— Casey Kasem

The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring.

— Casey Kasem

Some of the things that I do, I think are very important and much more important than the radio show or the…

— Casey Kasem

That something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. Advertisers…

— Casey Kasem

The group Bananarama has such a light, cutesy-pie sound that they make The Go-Go's sound like Led Zeppelin by comparison.

— Casey Kasem

Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.

— Casey Kasem

I credit God with giving me the idea for 'Top 40.'

— Casey Kasem

I must have done about 25,000 promos.

— Casey Kasem

Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for stars.

— Casey Kasem

Vegetarianism is the cure for 99% of the world's problems. Think about it.

— Casey Kasem

The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous…

— Casey Kasem

If I were doing a real rock show, slapping the phone book in time to the music, grooving with the songs, then…

— Casey Kasem

Even when I do commercials, I try to tell a story about the product. With music, I try to tell the story…

— Casey Kasem

Hosting various versions of my countdown program has kept me extremely busy, and I loved every minute of it.

— Casey Kasem

Every station I was at, I never said goodbye - when I was in Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Oakland, and L.A. I don't…

— Casey Kasem

Garbage. It's a natural quality of huskiness in the midrange of my voice that I call 'garbage.' It's not a clear-toned announcer's…

— Casey Kasem

But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message.

— Casey Kasem

Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.

— Casey Kasem

Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.

— Casey Kasem

I was drafted and went to Korea where I had an opportunity to create a production team that did dramatic and comedy…

— Casey Kasem

I just felt it was my job to show that there is no easy way to success, and that anyone who gets…

— Casey Kasem

As you know, in the past several years, month after month, radio has increased its revenues - some of it even coming…

— Casey Kasem

We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat:…

— Casey Kasem

Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories,…

— Casey Kasem