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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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" Here at Z100, we're kind of famous for breaking new artists and watching their careers bloom. "

" 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. "

" 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 definitely don't ever see a time I want to retire. Ever. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 was never hiding from being gay; I just never talked about it. "

" 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. "

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

" I just always assume no one is listening. "

" The only thing about politics I do discuss is, be into them: Read what's online. Read what the candidates are talking about. Try to understand why people are fighting over what the candidates are standing for. "

" 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. "

" 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 have no deep desire to hit the pavement and audition for TV projects or raise money to produce a show. "

" If an artist is going through a lot of bad publicity, I don't want to ask them about that. If they want to talk about it, I'll make them comfortable enough where they can bring that up on their own. Not only do I want them to feel comfortable, I want them to come back. "

" 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 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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