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The stories are success stories. The letters from listeners often touch the heart and can be inspiring.
- Casey Kasem
#Heart
#Letters
#Often
#Success
#Touch
I love to keep busy. But I never forget it's the countdown that made it all possible.
- Casey Kasem
#Busy
#Keep
#Love
#Never Forget
#Possible
We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat: the long distance dedication.
- Casey Kasem
#Dedication
#Distance
#Long
#Statistics
The first syndicating I tried was when two partners and I created a production company in 1952. We wanted to syndicate famous Bible stories and sell them for $25 a show.
- Casey Kasem
#Bible
#Company
#Famous
#First
#Two
The greatest compliment that anyone can pay me is that after I say something, they remember it. I'll go over a piece of copy until I've gotten the essence of what the writer had in mind - every nuance.
- Casey Kasem
#Compliment
#Copy
#Me
#Mind
#Remember
When I first heard rap, I wasn't quick to be critical. I couldn't understand what they were saying, but I had a feeling it was a reflection of what's been happening in the ghetto.
- Casey Kasem
#Feeling
#Ghetto
#Reflection
#Understand
Hosting various versions of my countdown program has kept me extremely busy, and I loved every minute of it.
- Casey Kasem
#Busy
#Every
#Hosting
#Loved
#Me
Growing up, I actually wanted to be a professional baseball player instead of a radio DJ. Believe it or not.
- Casey Kasem
#Believe
#DJ
#Professional
#Radio
#Up
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.
- Casey Kasem
#Audience
#Beat
#Music
#Now
#Short
'American Top 40' allowed me to be current without my having to force change to keep up with things. The new songs kept us up to date, so every show sounded fresh.
- Casey Kasem
#American
#Change
#Fresh
#Me
#New
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.
- Casey Kasem
#Buffalo
#Goodbye
#Know
#Never
#Why
Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.
- Casey Kasem
#Audience
#Man
#Music
#Sharing
#Woman
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.
- Casey Kasem
#Seeing
#Waiting
#World
#Your
#Yourself
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.
- Casey Kasem
#Beginning
#Detroit
#Dramatic
#Old
#Radio
Anytime in radio that you can reach somebody on an emotional level, you're really connecting.
- Casey Kasem
#Emotional
#Level
#Radio
#Reach
#Somebody
Success doesn't happen in a vacuum. You're only as good as the people you work with and the people you work for.
- Casey Kasem
#Good
#Happen
#People
#Success
#Work
Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars.
- Casey Kasem
#Feet
#Ground
#Keep
#Stars
#Your
For the most part, that message hasn't changed a lot over the years - love is still love, and heartbreak is still heartbreak.
- Casey Kasem
#Love Is
#Love
#Message
#Relationship
It's been amazing, the number of commercials that I've done, starting back in 1968. It must be 8,000.
- Casey Kasem
#Amazing
#Back
#Been
#Commercials
#Done
#Must
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