Dick Clark
Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?Collection: Humor
Now that we've got computers, you can pump up anything that anybody ever uttered.Collection: Computers
Music is the soundtrack of your life.Collection: Life
Between Alan Freed in Cleveland and Bob Horn and Lee Stewart in Philadelphia and George 'Hound Dog' Lorenz in Buffalo, they began to find out that white kids liked black music. It was a very significant period of time before I got there.
I'm always distressed by the supposedly bright people who don't know what they are.
I played records, the kids danced, and America watched.
Well, I'm using a cane, so what? So what if they shot me sitting in a wheelchair? That's life!
It can be embarrassing. People come up to me and say, 'I love your show,' and I have no idea which one they're talking about.
If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very carefully.
I don't set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them.
I've never relegated the lip-synch to a lower form of entertainment. Lip-synching is an art unto itself. A lot of people can't do it.
It's real good to be back with you again this year.
We don't compete with the Grammys. The Grammys compete with us. They have taken the stance that anybody who performs on 'The American Music Awards' cannot appear on 'The Grammys.' I don't agree with that philosophy.
I had made a great deal of money, and I was proud of it. I was a capitalist.
Two-thirds of people with diabetes don't realize the seriousness that it can cause their hearts. They don't realize they can have a stroke, drop dead of a heart attack. So you've got to get this thing under control.
I adhere to my exercise program, which is about 20 minutes a day. I do it seven days a week. I have a little stall in the breezeway of our garage where I have a walking machine, a stair climber, and I do 15 pound weights, and I watch television. Because I hate exercise.
I love what I do. I love the invigoration of doing things I haven't done before.
My father said to me at one time, 'If you are still a disc jockey by the time you are 30, you better find another line of work.' Little does he realize, I am in my 70s, and I still do seven or eight hours of radio every day - or every week.
I keep everything. It's one of my problems. I'm a saver.
I was roundly criticized for being in and around rock & roll music at its inception. It was the devil's music: it would make your teeth fall out and your hair turn blue, whatever the hell. You get through that.
In Presley's time, you didn't dare not to be a fan of his, because you were part of a club. Now you can say I prefer Billy Joel or Tina Turner or someone else. It's all fractionalized.
Rock had a huge impact. Anything that the older generation hates is usually loved by kids. Nothing much changes - that still continues today.
Personally, I'd like to visit every corner of the earth. But I don't know as I'll ever be able to accomplish that.
I could never turn to a guy and a girl and ask, 'Are you going steady?' That was absolutely a no-no - it was the Eisenhower period, and no parent wanted their kid going steady, so it wasn't a thing that you could endorse as proper behavior on the air.
I have accomplished my childhood dream: to be in show business. Everybody should be so lucky to have their dreams come true. I've been truly blessed.
The Prince interview was a failure. Huge, but most memorable 'cause he didn't say anything.
First job I had, I was 17 years old. I was primarily the mail room boy at the radio station. An FM station. And in those days, nobody listened to FM.
Success is finding something you love to do, getting paid to do it and finding someone to share it with.Collection: Finding Someone
The music of your youth stays with you throughout your life.Collection: Youth
Age ain't got nothing to do with how old you are.Collection: Age
The problem is when you try to impose today's standards on people living back then. It's the politically correct thing to do, but it was a different era, a different country then.Collection: Country
It's rare when an artist's talent can touch an entire generation of people. It's even rarer when that same influence affects several generations. Elvis made an imprint on the world of pop music unequaled by any other single performer.Collection: Artist
Jet lag is for amateurs.Collection: Inspirational
Last year I had a stroke. It left me in bad shape. I had to teach myself how to walk and talk all over again. It was a long hard fight. My speech is not perfect but I'm getting there.Collection: Fighting
I'm a survivor in a business that constantly rejects you.Collection: Rejects You
The faultless formulas of television-the ones that last-are simple.Collection: Simple
I don't make culture. I sell it.Collection: Culture