Leonard Slatkin Quotes

At one time, MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated.

The heyday of video music was the mid 80's.

I may have destroyed world culture, but MTV wouldn't exist today if it wasn't for me.

I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft.

People are People still gets played to death on '80s stations. It was our first big break in America. It's not exactly my favorite song.

If a hit came along, I wouldn't be unhappy about that. But I'm a bit too old for that now-doing videos and all those types of TV shows. I've kind of done all that, in the '70s.

Pop music has always been about the mainstream and what appeals to the public.

MTV was such a great training for me. I did live interviews with everyone from Michael Jackson to Madonna.

The music industry is saying, This is the format, and if you'll fit into this format, you can be on radio, and if radio will play you, MTV will expose you, and MTV will expose you, we'll sell records.

I wouldn't say that I was ever a fan of MTV. I was a guy on MTV. I don't think I was ever in the demographic of people who watch MTV. I never really watched MTV, so I'm definitely not a fan of 'Jersey Shore' or anything.

When I was younger and first started watching MTV I loved watching TRL. I loved watching my favorite singers/bands perform.

I have seen more bad songs make it because of MTV than good ones that haven't.

Industry executives sacrificed art for what sells and mega-stars now saturate the market with the same tired lyrics.

Even though I've been reasonably well known for quite a long time, I still can't get a record on daytime radio or on MTV.

Selling millions of albums is a sign you've infiltrated the culture.

Internet radio stations like KCRW do take you everywhere, yet that's just one of a hundred small things you have to do to succeed. It used to be, if you just got on the cover of 'Rolling Stone' and a spotlight on 'The Tonight Show,' that was enough.

MTV didn't exist in 1980, but by 1982, it had gotten to be a force to be reckoned with.

I was one of the first artists to make a buzz about '106 & Park.' If it wasn't for that show, I wouldn't be the entertainer that I am today.

Pop music has been all but relegated to the remainder bin at MTV and VH1, where high-maintenance concoctions such as Paris Hilton, Flavor Flav, and Hulk Hogan's biohazard clan of bleached specimens provide endless hours of death-hastening diversion.

Dance music has pushed its way into the mainstream. Which is good for me.

I was an MTV guy back in the day.

I would totally do a Madonna or Lady Gaga video.

Now, to be a mainstream act, you have to be firing on all cylinders on so many different platforms. You've got to have a social media voice. You've got to do promo on TV. You've got to tour everywhere.

It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.

The broadcast networks - they are literally broad. They try to appeal to everyone. They try to reach all of America, all the time. Increasingly, they fail to do that, but they try.