Bob Edwards Journal Quotations

I wake about 1 a.m. I'm in the office by 2 a.m. We're on the air at 5.

For one thing, you can get old, fat, bald and nobody knows and nobody cares. So there's great longevity in radio, more security there.

These voices came out of the box, as well as music and news and drama. You still had the soap operas on the radio in those days.

I was 3 in 1950. And I loved the radio.

They want to give me a program, so I can continue to host and be heard every day instead of occasionally, as I would have been at NPR.

I go home by noon, and I'm in bed by 6 p.m. I get up at 1 and do it again.

I wanted to be one of the voices in the box.

I got to know every format of every station and who was on and what time.

In my case, the listener is often in an automobile driving to work. You can concentrate on the road while still getting an audio message that can be riveting.

I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it to sell products. We're not doing it to be popular. We're doing it because in our judgment these stories are important to do, and at this length and this much depth.

If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but a lot of ignorance is just as bad.