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Radio Quotes

On the sound that filled the room before screens did.

These lines lean nostalgic, from someone recalling the first radio they ever saw, bulky enough to take up an entire wall, to a preference for old radio shows over scrolling a phone. Related: Music.

George is a radio announcer, and when he walks under a bridge... you can't hear him talk.

Steven Wright

Calculus, the electrical battery, the telephone, the steam engine, the radio - all these groundbreaking innovations were hit upon by multiple inventors working in parallel with no knowledge of one another.

Quotes by Steven Johnson

As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It's like hearing drama on Radio 4.

Quotes by Steve Coogan

I would have to say News Radio is the highlight of my career. I love the character so much.

Quotes by Stephen Root

Well, yeah, I sang to some songs on the radio or in the shower.

Quotes by Stephen Malkmus

In my career, I have done more than a thousand voice-overs in commercials, cartoons, and radio shows, so I'm very familiar of my voice capabilities and its range.

Quotes by Stefan Kapicic

Life is too full of distractions nowadays. When I was a kid we had a little Emerson radio and that was it. We were more dedicated. We didn't have a choice.

Quotes by Stan Getz

As a kid I loved to listen to the radio, later I became a radio artiste and would listen to the BBC.

Quotes by Sowcar Janaki

Pirate radio is like street art.

Quotes by Skepta

Then I went to radio with Sinatra and I watched that disappear.

Quotes by Skitch Henderson

The whole world has changed much since the '80's. In the united States, rap music and country music dominate radio and that certainly wasn't the case in the early '80's.

Quotes by Sheena Easton

It was a beauty contest in the '80s. If they played two women back to back on the radio, it was almost a scandal.

Quotes by Shawn Colvin

American media has just become talk radio, incredibly partisan name-calling and op-eds.

Quotes by Shane Smith

I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio.

Quotes by Shane McAnally

Give consideration to the fact that alien astronomers could have scrutinized Earth for more than 4 billion years without detecting any radio signals, despite the fact that our world is the poster child for habitability.

Quotes by Seth Shostak

I started in high school, and in college, I studied radio, TV, and film. The plan was to be a filmmaker, and it was always comedy.

Quotes by Seth Meyers

From a child growing up in the U.K., I used to listen until the wee hours of the night to talk radio.

Quotes by Sebastian Gorka

I think talk radio belongs to conservatives now after the last 20, 30 years of Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, my colleagues at Salem, Dennis Prager, Hugh Hewitt, Larry Elder.

Quotes by Sebastian Gorka

I think what HQ Trivia's done is taken the old-school idea of a trivia show - a quiz show - which has been around since the dawn of television, even radio, and made it a participatory event versus a spectator...

Quotes by Scott Rogowsky

The last thing we want is for radio to say that they can't afford to play our artists and turn off the pipe.

Quotes by Scott Borchetta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about wanting more radio support?
Yes: "It would be nice to have radio support, not that we've ever had that much trouble with it."
Is there a quote describing seeing a radio for the first time?
Yes, a vivid memory: "I went in, and there, in the front room, a converted bedroom, sat the first radio I had ever seen. The equipment was so bulky that it took up one entire wall of the bedroom." Nostalgia quotes pairs well with this kind of early-memory reflection.
Is there a quote about preferring old radio shows to social media?
Yes: "For me, personally, I'm usually not on my phone that much. I prefer listening to old radio shows and watching foreign films than tweeting."
Is there a quote about a childhood memory involving a big radio?
Yes: "When I was very small, maybe 8 years old, we had a big radio that stood on four legs, and it had a cross piece underneath it, and I used to take a pillow and crawl under the radio." Connection quotes covers other quotes about meaningful personal memories.
Where can I find more quotes about music and broadcasting?
Try Music quotes or Broadcast quotes for related themes.

One childhood memory even involves crawling under a four-legged radio set with a pillow just to listen closer. See also Broadcast and Connection.