Terry Teachout Came Quotations

Americans of all ages embraced TV unhesitatingly. They felt no loyalty to network radio, the medium that had entertained and informed them for a quarter-century. When something came along that they deemed superior, they switched off their radios without a second thought.

There wasn't a lot of live music that you could hear where I came from, which was a small town in southeast Missouri.

I became a professional musician and played all kinds of music. I played bluegrass, I played classical music, and for many years, I played jazz.