Casey Kasem Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues -- communicating with an audience.”
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“Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.”
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“Success doesn't happen in a vacuum. You’re only as good as the people you work with and the people you work for.”
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“A non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet.”
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“The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous Bible stories and sell them for $25 a show.”
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“For years everyone looked toward the demise of radio when television came along. Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.”
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“I probably would be continuing to do voice-overs, continuing to do cartoon shows, and at the same time I'd probably be on a sitcom or a dramatic television show.”
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“I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications.”
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“The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring.”
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“I accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. That is the timeless thing,”
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“Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter.”
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“My agent said that I was one of the top three busiest people in the country.”
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“My first commercial was for Miller High Life beer.”
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“That something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. Advertisers like to be associated with those qualities.”
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“It's been amazing, the number of commercials that I've done, starting back in 1968. It must be 8,000.”
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“I started radio in 1950 on the Lone Ranger radio program, a dramatic show that emanated from Detroit when I was 18 years old and just beginning college. I did that for a couple of years.”
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“I was drafted and went to Korea where I had an opportunity to create a production team that did dramatic and comedy shows. I had also done a little disc jockeying.”
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“But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message.”
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“Basically, radio hasn't changed over the years.”
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“Growing up, I actually wanted to be a professional Baseball player, instead of a radio DJ. Believe it or not.”
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“Some of the things that I do, I think are very important and much more important than the radio show or the television show that I do or anything else that I do. I think right at the top of the list is the basic thing. And of course the basic thing is to hopefully stop people from killing anything. And to create a non-violent diet for themselves, because a non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet.”
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“If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.”
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“As you know, in the past several years, month after month, radio has increased its revenues - some of it even coming from Dot-Com advertisers. So, radio is a survivor.”
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“Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.”
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“Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for stars.”
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“Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now theyre getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, youve got a hit.”
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“The group Bananarama has such a light, cutesy-pie sound that they make The Go-Go's sound like Led Zeppelin by comparison.”
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“We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat: the long distance dedication.”
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