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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.

I've been a radio reporter for ten years, and if I learned anything from my time at 'This American Life,' it's how to craft a narrative so that even if the ending is ambiguous, it is somehow satisfying.

Quotes by Sarah Koenig

I'm a journalist, so my friends are journalists: magazines, newspapers, even public radio. Nobody had their kids in public school.

Quotes by Sandra Tsing Loh

I can't live without Radio 4. It's worth the entire licence fee. I'm an obsessive listener; I get up, and Radio 4 goes on, but it goes off when 'Thought for the Day' starts, as that's a step too far.

Quotes by Sandi Toksvig

When I was a teenager, a friend of mine got a job on a wrestling radio show in Montreal, and he found a local professional wrestler who was able to train us.

Quotes by Sami Zayn

There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.

Quotes by Sam Tsui

My taste is very '70s, like Garfunkel and James Taylor, so not too far from country, but not really the mainstream country that's on the radio.

Quotes by Sam Palladio

It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio.

Quotes by Sam Donaldson

Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.

Quotes by Sade Adu

I use every opportunity, whether on my radio show or on television, to break stereotypes.

Quotes by Ryan Seacrest

What I've figured out how to do is make people feel comfortable on television and on the radio, which enables me to have access to them, which is key for what I do.

Quotes by Ryan Seacrest

It's in my blood to be on the radio every day. I've done it since I was 16 years old.

Quotes by Ryan Seacrest

I mean, I'm an 'X Factor' reject presenting on Radio 2, what's going on?

Quotes by Rylan Clark-Neal

I'm so excited and honoured to be joining the BBC Radio 2 family.

Quotes by Rylan Clark-Neal

Growing up, it was just me and my mom, so we would play games where we'd listen to the radio and sing harmonies to each other.

Quotes by Ruthie Ann Miles

I got to host a radio show. I got a clothing range. I was the face of fashion week. I got to do a whole television show with kids.

Quotes by Ruby Rose

I was a kid, and I remember my mother singing. She was also a radio soap opera actress, but my mother sang.

Quotes by Ruben Blades

There was no television, so the radio provided you with everything.

Quotes by Ruben Blades

And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.

Quotes by Ruben Blades

Tango was very popular in Panama at the time when I was growing up. In the Fifties in Panama, the radio stations played all types of music.

Quotes by Ruben Blades

As a really young child, I was listening to the echoes of the age before, music hall and stuff like that, as well as classical bits on the radio.

Quotes by Roy Harper

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.