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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. "
Elvis Duran
Hollywood
Commerce
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" I've found in the past that if we planned the show a night before, once we slept and woke up, we weren't in that mood anymore. Because I really think doing a live show means you should be exploring your live feelings, and planning is not good. "
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" As far as radio goes, it really isn't what listeners get; it's how they get it. Social media gives us new and fun ways to stay more directly connected to people who listen to us, and it also helps us make decisions faster. "
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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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" 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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" To be the Grand Marshal of the most recognized Halloween parade in the world is so much fun. People plan for months and months to design their costumes, and it is amazing. It is a true competition and amazing to watch everyone. "
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" Having the gastric sleeve procedure and losing 120 pounds, it was a huge difference in how I look in such a short amount of time. It really garnered all the attention. "
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" I don't think we have to make a big thing about being gay, except for when we get together for these gay pride events. "
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" One thing that makes me optimistic is other media from the digital world coming at radio. MTV tried to kill the radio star back in the '80s. And with all the digital services coming at us, people say it's a thing of the past - it's not. "
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" The magic to our show and, I think, any successful show, be it on the radio or TV, is every person being true to themselves. "
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" Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it's about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves. "
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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 look at old pictures of me... and I don't feel like I'm that guy anymore, but then I look at pictures of me now, and I'm not quite sure I'm this guy. "
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