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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.

The majors, they have to control the distribution, the record outlets, the radio and, in some cases, even the venues. And downloading and pirating have also put pressure on the majors.

Quotes by Roy Ayers

I love the fact that 35 years later, I still hear my songs on the radio.

Quotes by Ronnie Spector

I love radio and have done a little bit for years - since 'Workers' Playtime' in the 1950s. It's also a good springboard for comedians.

Quotes by Ronnie Corbett

I learned when I started to study piano that I could play by ear. I could hear a song on the radio a couple of times and hear the song and the lyrics and sing it for you after a...

Quotes by Ronnie Milsap

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

Quotes by Ronald Harwood

I have Time Warner, and I try to relax a lot and watch television a lot and everything. I really enjoy that. Listen to the radio.

Quotes by Roky Erickson

Radio is so heavily programmed; you have to fit into a certain box. So it's harder for anything different to get through.

Quotes by Roger Taylor

I don't make music for the radio. And when I was being played on the radio a lot, I didn't.

Quotes by Rodney Crowell

I had this little handheld transistor radio that I used to sleep next to.

Quotes by Rod Stewart

I married at a tender age during my early stage and radio struggles.

Quotes by Rod Taylor

So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started.

Quotes by Rod Taylor

My songs don't play on pop radio; they play on black radio.

Quotes by Robin Thicke

Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business.

Quotes by Robin Trower

I joined Bell Laboratories at Crawford Hill in 1963 as part of A. B. Crawford's Radio Research department in R. Kompfner's laboratory.

Quotes by Robert Woodrow Wilson

I grew up years ago doing something that unfortunately doesn't hardly exist any more, a medium called Radio.

Quotes by Robert Stack

Your main radio stations, the stations that get the most listeners, don't play anything that has any kind of integrity to it.

Quotes by Robert Glasper

'Black Radio' was pretty much a jam session.

Quotes by Robert Glasper

I have a lot of musician friends. I worked in radio as a music director, and I know everybody hears about the George Straits and the Garth Brooks and the Kenny Chesneys and all that, but for every major star,...

Quotes by Robert David Hall

If you operate a TV or radio station, you have to have a license. It has nothing to do with fundamental freedom. It has to do with protection of the average citizen against abuses.

Quotes by Robert Cailliau

Jazz radio is not very friendly to pop singers who decide to make a jazz record. But a lot of people have been. A lot of the people I've talked to like the record.

Quotes by Rita Coolidge

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.