Art Bell Quotes

Radio is the art form of sports casting. If you're any good, you can do a great job on radio.

I am amazed at radio DJ's today. I am firmly convinced that AM on my radio stands for Absolute Moron. I will not begin to tell you what FM stands for.

There is a feeling, when you listen to radio, that it's one person, and they're talking to you, and you really feel their presence as one person.

I began in radio in 1997 on a radio show hosted by a now very famous comic, Jamel Debbouze. I would fake call listeners.

When I was 5 years old I would lie in bed, look at the radio, and I wanted to be on the radio. I don't know why.

I loved being on the radio. Being paid to talk? It's like being paid to eat.

I'm so excited. I love radio and being on the new Mix 102.9.

I went to Sirius Satellite Radio and did my show, Rapping With Rip.

My mother had a radio show - a Barbara Walters type of gal and was very successful for about 20-some years on a radio station.

I was a radio jockey after graduation. I was 22, the youngest RJ in Delhi at that time.

When I started 'This American Life', one of the reactions I got was, 'When is the adult going to show up who will host the show?' At some point, people just got used to it.

For some people, you know, Garrison Keillor, Rush Limbaugh, really the stars, they've got a passion. They eat, drink and breathe radio, and I'm not like that. I used to think I wanted to be. But I need to be away from it, too, and that's the difference, I think.

I'm syndicated on the radio - my show is called 'The Sweat Hotel.'

It's in my blood to be on the radio every day. I've done it since I was 16 years old.

People are so nice, you know. It's such a credit to Howard Stern - the audience base that he created is such a special thing. It took him a long time to create this family of fans, and I was lucky to be a part of that for a while.

My first job on the radio was writing jokes for a Baltimore DJ called Johnny Walker, who was sort of a '70s era shock jock who all the teenage boys listened to in my school.

To be on 'Coast to Coast,' you have to be willing to stay awake in the middle of the night. But in return you get a great audience of millions of listeners all across the nation.

The truth is, I was D.J.-ing on my college radio station in 1987, and I was called 'Mad Marj.'

How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands - for the span of years from the time I was eight till I was about fifteen.

I'm a huge Ira Glass fan; I'm a huge fan of radio in general.

I've always been fascinated with radio and broadcasting. I did fake radio shows as a kid, where I was a DJ and stuff like that.

It's always pretty amazing to hear your own voice on the radio.

My dad was in radio; he was a broadcaster, and it was in the family. He hosted kind of a game show at one point on TV; he was the original host of 'Good Day New York,' and he hosted the Jerry Lewis telethon for 15 years.

Radio is more powerful the closer we mimic the way we actually speak to each other. That's why Howard Stern is such a great radio talent. People on his show are actually speaking to each other. You might not like what they're saying, but they're real conversations.

Los Angeles has been my home since the days even before Motley Crue, so I am beyond excited that 'The Side Show' has found a home on 98.7 FM. This is the station I listen to - my friends listen to it, my family listens to it. It's the station I wanted to be on, and I'm psyched to get started.