"I could never turn to a guy and a girl and ask, 'Are you going steady?' That was absolutely a no-no ..." — Dick Clark

I was roundly criticized for being in and around rock & roll music at its inception. It was the devil's music: it would make your teeth fall out and your hair turn blue, whatever the hell. You get through that.

First job I had, I was 17 years old. I was primarily the mail room boy at the radio station. An FM station. And in those days, nobody listened to FM.

The Prince interview was a failure. Huge, but most memorable 'cause he didn't say anything.

I've never relegated the lip-synch to a lower form of entertainment. Lip-synching is an art unto itself. A lot of people can't do it.