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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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" 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. "

" I don't think of me as, quote, 'coming out,' because I was never 'in.' I rarely, if ever, spoke about my private life and remain as neutral as possible. "

" I just always assume no one is listening. "

" At 14, I began working in radio. I ran the board at a little radio station in Dallas. "

" One of our rules for the show, I guess the filter we try to pass everything through, is it's a safe place for women to be. It's not a show for women, because we're basically 50/50 men/women in our audience, but it's a safe place where women win. Women never lose on our show. I think that's very important. It's very unusual. "

" I love taking time with an interview. Time with an artist relaxes them; it makes them want to be there and answer all your questions. "

" Traditional radio is not going to die; it's going to evolve. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have no problem with someone who disagrees with my life. That's your right to feel that way. "

" 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. "

" I never interned. The first job I ever had was a very low-paying job, and the guy running the radio station was so poor, he couldn't pay us sometimes - so it's almost like an internship, right? "

" Our sole mission on this show is to make people think, make people feel, and make people happy as much as we can. "

" Radio was always a fun, geeky thing to be a fan of - the history of radio, where it is, and where it's going - but it was really also a pretty easy job. "

" I have no desire to spend my off-hours listening to other shows. Unless it's Howard Stern, of course. "

" 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. "

" Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it's about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves. "

" 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. "

" I wash my own dishes; I do my own laundry. I'm not a glamorous person at all, not at all. "

" I happen to know personally that Donald Trump does not have a problem with gay people. "

" Crank-calling people is the oldest bit in the world. "

" I think it's a wonderful thing, turning 50. I think everyone should do it at least once. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I miss being able to pig out sometimes. "

" I was sort of a loner as a kid, so radio was where I turned for companionship. I loved the music and how the DJs talked about the artists and used words to paint pictures to evoke emotion. "

" 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. "