Bob Edwards Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it to sell products. We're not doing it to be popular. We're doing it because in our judgment these stories are important to do, and at this length and this much depth.”

“In college, I got interested in news because the world was coming apart. The civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, the women's right movement. That focused my radio ambitions toward news.”

“In my case, the listener is often in an automobile driving to work. You can concentrate on the road while still getting an audio message that can be riveting.”

“That's the problem with news interviews, you work your tail off to get prominent figures in the news on the radio, but once they've been on, the event passes, the urgency, the issues you talked about evaporate.”

“Good things just keep happening.”

“I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5.”

“I got to know every format of every station and who was on and what time.”

“I used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.”

“I wanted to be one of the voices in the box.”

“I was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.”