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I started radio in 1950 on the Lone Ranger radio program, a dramatic show that emanated from Detroit when I was 18 years old and just beginning college. I did that for a couple of years.

Every station I was at, I never said goodbye - when I was in Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Oakland, and L.A. I don't know why.

The dullest thing in the world is waiting for your scene. But the most exciting thing is seeing yourself on the screen and then getting compliments.

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

I was drafted and went to Korea where I had an opportunity to create a production team that did dramatic and comedy shows. I had also done a little disc jockeying.

I credit God with giving me the idea for 'Top 40.'

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

It's been amazing, the number of commercials that I've done, starting back in 1968. It must be 8,000.

My first commercial was for Miller High Life beer.

But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message.

For the most part, that message hasn't changed a lot over the years - love is still love, and heartbreak is still heartbreak.

The group Bananarama has such a light, cutesy-pie sound that they make The Go-Go's sound like Led Zeppelin by comparison.

Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now theyre getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, youve got a hit.

Success doesn't happen in a vacuum. You’re only as good as the people you work with and the people you work for.

A non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet.

For years everyone looked toward the demise of radio when television came along. Before that, they thought talking movies might eliminate radio as well. But radio just keeps getting stronger.

I probably would be continuing to do voice-overs, continuing to do cartoon shows, and at the same time I'd probably be on a sitcom or a dramatic television show.

I like the storytelling and reading the letters, the long-distance dedications.

The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring.

I accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative. That is the timeless thing.

Growing up, I actually wanted to be a professional Baseball player, instead of a radio DJ. Believe it or not.