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" I happen to know personally that Donald Trump does not have a problem with gay people. "
Elvis Duran
Donald Trump
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" At 14, I began working in radio. I ran the board at a little radio station in Dallas. "
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" I'd love to write a book and dabble in TV a little more - but only if it's right. I'm not going to go out there and beg anyone for a job. "
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" I never graduated from college. While I was in a mass communication class at North Texas State University, I was on the air weekends in Dallas and knew more about major-market radio than the guy teaching. When I told him that, he failed me. "
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" Our sole mission on this show is to make people think, make people feel, and make people happy as much as we can. "
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" Sometimes fame overshadows an artist's music, and we forget just how incredibly talented these people truly are. "
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" I've always been very comfortable with me and the people I work with, and my family have always been very plugged into who I am with my personal life. "
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" I really think there are many great organizations out there getting the word out about LGBT youth and bullying, but GLAAD has this way of making sure the stories about gay people are sent out and heard and not covered up, and I like that. "
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" To meet an artist when they first start out is like having a seat on the 50-yard line and watching them get a touchdown... The Weeknd, Pink, Harry Styles, Lorde, Miley Cyrus, Niall Horan, Kesha - these are all artists I interviewed back before anyone knew who they were. To watch them turn into these superstars is just amazing. "
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" I've never been truly closeted on the air; it's just something I never really made a big deal out of because I never felt like I wanted to push an agenda or push it any further than I felt comfortable with. "
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" I just always assume no one is listening. "
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" I was never hiding from being gay; I just never talked about it. "
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" I love Justin Bieber. There are times where people only report negative things about him, but everyone forgets how incredibly talented he really is. "
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" I miss being able to pig out sometimes. "
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" Radio in my beginning days was going into a room for four hours, playing a bunch of music, and screaming about the artists... radio now has come out of the radio, on to the net, and on to video and on stages; it's a multiplatform thing. It's nothing I expected ever to see. "
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" I love what I do. I love the music, and I'm honored to be presented with a star by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. "
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Hollywood
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" Social media has given us the world at our fingertips every morning. And we watch it change, live. In the morning, in the old days, we'd read the 'Post,' and that was what we had. "
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" I used to come to the gay pride parades in New York. I've been to a few down in Miami Beach, if memory serves. "
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