Radio has always been pictures of the mind; for me, the essence of radio has always been voices that talk to me and don't patronise me.

Music is a treasure and a love and a delight. It clears people's souls and lifts them high.

The joy of being a broadcaster is, if you're still allowed to choose your own music.

My heart goes out to DJs who are governed entirely by playlists. Being allowed the freedom of choice, that - for me - is what makes radio special.

We're all monsters. We're all careless and cruel in the end.

It wasn't always easy at times, having grown up on television and being in the entertainment industry.

I leave it up to the government to make good decisions for Americans.

If I'm going to do something, I really put everything into it and I want it to mean something to me.

Music kept me off the streets and out of trouble and gave me something that was mine that no one could take away from me.

Escaping goblins to be caught by wolves!” he said, and it became a proverb, though we now say ‘out of the frying-pan into the fire’ in the same sort of uncomfortable situations.

And to me, I had come out of Texas, and during that time was when I realized that a lot of people in Nashville, their idea of what country music was was not the same as mine.

She can't even chew gum and walk in a straight line, let alone write a book.

The secret to happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

Every day you have less reason not to give yourself away.