Casey Kasem Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

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

“My first commercial was for Miller High Life beer.”

“Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.”

“Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.”

“Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.”

“I had also done a little disc jockeying.”

“My agent said that I was one of the top three busiest people in the country.”

“If I were doing a real rock show, slapping the phone book in time to the music, grooving with the songs, then it would matter to know how I felt about what I was playing. You can't fake it in that situation. But I'm just counting them down as they appear on the chart, 1 through 40. What really matters is what I say between the songs.”

“We gave the show away and in return, we received a certain number of minutes per hour for the three-hour show that we could sell to Madison Avenue. One of the first sponsors was MGM Records.”