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"But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message."
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"People today are still living off the table scraps of the sixties. They are still being passed around - the music and the ideas."
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"This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway."
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"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."
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"Strains of music spring up, crystallizing in the night air like rain turning suddenly to snow, drifting to earth."
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"I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition."
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"Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music."
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"It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard "Heartbreak Hotel" I thought, this is it."
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"I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise."
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"I was about sixteen when I discovered that music could get you laid, so I got into music boy, didn't matter what you looked like either, you could be a geeky looking guy but if you played music, whoa, you'd get the girls."
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"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."
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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."
Bible
"I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications."
Letters
"Basically, radio hasn't changed over the years."
Years
"Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter."
Now
"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."
Success
"For the most part, that message hasn't changed a lot over the years - love is still love, and heartbreak is still heartbreak."
Love
"Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger."
Movies
"Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor."
Acting
"I'd like to feel that an advertiser gets something extra when they advertise with us - a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories."
Success
"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."
Dedication
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