“When the prisoner is brought down from Death Row he steps from the elevator directly into a "holding" room that adjoins the witness room. There are two cells in this "holding" room, two, in case it's a double execution. They're ordinary cells, just like this one, and the prisoner spends his last night there before his execution in the morning, reading, listening to the radio, playing cards with the guards.” TwoLastsNightReadingRoomsStepsMorningCasesListeningOrdinaryRadioCardsWitnessCellsPrisonerExecutionLast NightElevatorsDeath RowPlaying Cards Author:Truman Capote
“A good radio show will captivate you, and it's active listening. It's not in the background.” ShowsListeningRadioActiveBackgrounds Author:Rush Limbaugh
“To the extent that our political dialogue is such where everything is under suspicion, everybody is corrupt and everybody is doing things for partisan reasons, and all of our institutions are full of malevolent actors - if that's the storyline that's being put out there by whatever party is out of power, then when a foreign government introduces that same argument with facts that are made up, voters who have been listening to that stuff for years, who have been getting that stuff every day from talk radio or other venues, they're going to believe it.” IfsYearsBelieveHas BeensMadeReasonFactsGovernmentPoliticalActorsStuffPartyListeningArgumentInstitutionsRadioDialogueVotersIntroducingSuspicionPartisansVenuesStorylineTalk RadioPolitical Dialogue Author:Barack Obama
“I've had so many people tell me that they are shocked that AM radio still even exists with all the different listening options.” PeopleStillsDifferentListeningRadioShocked Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supports Liverpool. He was Everton for a while because of his family - but it's all Liverpool now.” LastsNightWinningSupportTeamFootballListeningRadioLast NightLiverpoolFootball TeamEverton Author:Linda McCartney
“We managed to put together a compilation that had some creativity to it. In the meantime I was listening to the free radio stations and I noticed that during their war coverage they were playing these songs born out of the Vietnam War that were all critical of the soldiers.” WarTogetherSongBornCreativityListeningSoldierRadioCriticalStationsVietnamVietnam WarCoverageRadio StationsCompilation Author:Joni Mitchell
“I listened to the radio, so I was influenced by everyone from Michael Jackson to Milli Vanilli. But thankfully my dad had a collection of Cat Stevens albums while my mom was listening to jazz.” ListeningMomDadCatJazzMy DadRadioAlbumsMy MomCollections Author:Jason Mraz
“In the '50s, listening to Elvis and others on the radio in Bombay - it didn't feel alien. Noises made by a truck driver from Tupelo, Mississippi, seemed relevant to a middle-class kid growing up on the other side of the world. That has always fascinated me.” WorldFeelsMadeKidsSidesClassGrowing UpGrowingMiddleListeningRadioNoiseAliensMiddle ClassDriversRelevantFascinatedTruckMississippiKids Growing UpBombayTruck Driver Author:Salman Rushdie
“As far as loneliness, I feel Los Angeles and its layout, having to drive everywhere - it is a lonely place. It's an isolated city in that respect because you're driving to places alone listening to the radio.” FeelsCitiesLonelinessListeningLonelyRadioDrivingLos AngelesIsolatedLayoutLonely Places Author:Jason Schwartzman
“You don't need to know this - but here goes: due to some acquired infantilism, I feel compelled to fall asleep listening to the radio. On a good night, I'll push the frail barque of my psyche off into the waters of Lethe accompanied by the midnight newsreader - on a bad one, it's the shipping forecast.” KnowsNeedsFeelsNightFallWaterListeningRadioDuesMidnightCompelledGood NightFrailForecastsShippingGoodnightLethe Author:Will Self
“Listening to Chris Moyles on Radio 1 is the most miserable thing any human being can do, but attending awards ceremonies isn't far behind.” HumansCan DoHuman BeingsBehindsListeningRadioMiserableAwardsCeremonyAttendingAward Ceremonies Author:Arthur Smith
“My inner rock chick has always been there. I grew up listening to a lot of rock music through my sisters, who were teenagers while I was young, so they had control of the radio.” YoungRocksListeningGrewGrew UpRadioTeenagerMy SisterChicksRock Music Author:Carrie Underwood
“My grandma said - when I was really young and I'd sing along to the radio - why do you sing in an American accent? I guess it was because a lot of the music I was listening to had American vocalists.” SaidYoungListeningRadioAccentsGrandmaMy GrandmaVocalist Author:Emma Watson
“You know, radio DJ's must really love to talk to theirselves. Especially when they have the graveyard shift. 'Hey this is Ellen with 89.1. It is currently three in the morning. There are few cars on the road. And it your still listening heres a little music to get you to dance.” KnowsLittlesStillsThreeMorningCarListeningRadioHeyGraveyardDjs Author:Ellen DeGeneres