Top Casey Kasem Quotes - Quotesmemo.com

Casey Kasem Biography

Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an American disc jockey, music historian, radio personality, voice actor, and actor, known for being the host of several music radio countdown programs, most notably American Top 40, from 1970 until his retirement in 2009, and for providing the voice of Norville "Shaggy" Rogers in the Scooby-Doo franchise from 1969 to 1997, and again from 2002 until 2009.

Read about Casey Kasem in Wikipedia

Random Authors

Casey Kasem Quotes

If the beat gets to the audience, and the message touches them, you've got a hit.

Audience, Beat, Beats, Gets, Messages

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.

Dedication, Distance, Long, Statistics, Tell

Some of the things that I do, I think are very important and much more important than the radio show or the television show that I do or anything else that I do. I think right at the top of the list is the basic thing. And of course the basic thing is to hopefully stop people from killing anything. And to create a non-violent diet for themselves, because a non-violent world has roots in a non-violent diet.

Diet, People, Roots, Thing, Thinking

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

Happens, People, Success, Vacuums, Work

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.

Done, Drafted, Jockeying, Korea, Opportunity, Team

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

Agent, Busiest, Country, People, Three

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.

Issues, Men, Sharing, Stories, Talking

That something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. Advertisers like to be associated with those qualities.

Believe, Certain, Humanity, Qualities, Quality, Stories

Vegetarianism is the cure for 99% of the world's problems. Think about it.

Problems, Think, Thinking, Vegetarianism, World

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

Accentuate, Eliminate, Negative, Thing, Timeless

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.

College, Couple, Dramatic, Emanated, Old, Years

I must have done about 25,000 promos.

25000, Done, Promos

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

Actually, Baseball, Believe, Growing Up

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

Heart, Inspiring, Stories, Touch

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.

Became, Hit, Messages, Short, Song, Used

Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for stars.

Education, Ground, Learning, Reaching, Stars

Basically, radio hasn't changed over the years.

Basically, Changed, Radio, Years

Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.

Acting, Actors, Background, Make, Radio, Surfing

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.

Cartoon, Probably, Show, Sitcom, Voice, Would Be

Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter.

Interestingly, Shorter, Song, Songs, Used, Used To Be

1