“In the '80s, the way radio was programmed, if you didn't have a hit record you weren't going to be able to make any more records. That was it, period.” IfsWayAbleRecordsPeriodsRadio80s Author:Huey Lewis
“The '80s was a really creative and brave period. Remember, it was a period of ultraconservatism, and so you needed brave people to push ahead like that.” PeopleRememberCreativeNeededPeriodsBrave80s Author:Cyndi Lauper
“Well, I think that there's a clear record, I worked with Ronald Reagan in the early '80s and his recovery program translated into today's population of about 25 million new jobs in a seven-year period. As Speaker of the House, I worked with President Clinton and he followed with a very similar plan. And we ended up with about 11 million new jobs in a four-year period.” ThinkingYearsWellsTodayJobsHousePresidentMillionsClearRecordsFourPlansPeriodsProgramClintonSevenPopulationRecoveryFour YearsSpeakers80sSeven YearsNew JobPresident Clinton Author:Newt Gingrich
“We've become a little spoiled with menswear in particular because, of course, we've come off a period in the '70s and '80s when Armani, which is very soft, dominated menswear. And we've become obsessed with comfort. I actually don't like that.” LittlesCoursesParticularPeriodsComfortObsessed80sSpoiledArmani Author:Tom Ford
“The 80s were deranged. People had all these liberties all of a sudden and all the freedom in the world, the Less Than Zero sort of themes that came from that period, I think electronic music works very well for that whole idiom.” PeopleThinkingWorldWellsWholeLibertyPeriodsThemeZero80sElectronic MusicIdiomDerangedLess Than Zero Author:Sam de Jong
“I think about the period of, like, the '70s and early '80s where nobody had money to make big movies and there was no CGI or anything like that and people had to get super creative. And then, you know, when you've got somebody who can paint you any picture on a computer and you get hundreds of millions of dollars to make a movie, its almost like the creativity diminishes somewhat.” PeopleThinkingKnowsBigsCreativityMillionsCreativePeriodsComputerDollarsPaintDiminish80sBig MovieCgi Author:Ethan Suplee
“What strikes me about Toronto is that Toronto's great misfortune was to have too much money in the late 70s and early 80s, and consequently, it built in the style of those periods, which is hideous.” Too MuchStylePeriodsLateBuiltStrikesMisfortunes80sHideousToronto Author:William Gibson