Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter.

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.

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.

Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for stars.

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.

Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.

Vegetarianism is the cure for 99% of the world's problems. Think about it.

I must have done about 25,000 promos.

If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.

I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications.

I accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. That is the timeless thing.

Believe in yourself, keep a can-do approach, struggle hard and watch success follow.

We must graciously endure the times.

You are an independent mind in this universe that can do everything and anything you have ever dreamed of.

If you’re in a hole, stop digging.

Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero.

Listening is the hard part. Listening is the important part. The hot button is in the prospect's response.

One glass of water doesn't equal another. One may just appease the thirst, the other you may enjoy thoroughly. In Japan, people know about this difference.

Those who are fired with an enthusiastic idea and who allow it to take hold and dominate their thoughts find that new worlds open for them. As long as enthusiasm holds out, so will new opportunities.

There is a certain combination of anarchy and discipline in the way I work.

Don't rely on others to show you the way. Carry your own map.