Music Variety Show Quotes

I feel like Eurovision is a parallel dimension. It reminds me of 'Dance Fever' and 'Solid Gold' when I was a kid. Then when you hear these songs sung in English by someone who may or may not understand the words, the unique awesomeness hits you.

On the radio I listen to the easy-listening stations, the jazz stations.

I'm trying to bring back 'Top of the Pops.' I don't know why us artists haven't just stood there and said, 'Let's back a campaign and bring it back,' because it would be the most amazing thing ever. 'X Factor' has got the Sunday show, and except for 'Later with Jools Holland,' which is a massive success, there isn't one music show.

When you listen to radio and hear the same 20 or 25 songs, you start hunting down your CD's. Waylon Jennings' records were always around to listen to.

The Nashville Network, that's all I would watch as a kid.

I listen to all kinds of music, but I've always been a really big fan of Top 40 radio. If I'm in my car, that's what I listen to.

I'd love to be the new Jools Holland, but you know, for, like, cooler people.

'Soul Train' was developed as a radio show on television. It was the radio show that I always wanted and never had.

There's this great TV show we have called 'Later... with Jools Holland', a live-music show on Friday nights. Anyone and everyone's been on it.

A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.

I knew The Beatles before because we did our first television with them, 'Thank Your Lucky Stars.'

I did a CBS thing when I was a teenager that was a 'Music Minute' or something.