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Back in the day, the album was king in many ways. And, of course, we were very tied in with the birth of FM/college radio in the States, and what we were doing suited the format of those young radio stations.

— Chris Squire

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I was a big music fan, but I never bought a bunch of records or was very educated, I guess, on who was who or what was what.

— Sam Hunt

The whole world has changed much since the '80's. In the united States, rap music and country music dominate radio and that certainly wasn't the case in the early '80's.

— Sheena Easton

We were lucky in the days of Led Zeppelin. Each album was different. We didn't have to continue a formula or produce a certain number of singles. Because, in those days, radio was still playing albums. That was really good.

— Jimmy Page

If part of the purpose of making an album is to get some radio play, then you might as well think about that. But that's not really how we picked the songs.

— Mike Gordon

And music was a very important part of our lives. The radio was on all day.

— Ruben Blades

When we bemoan the lost golden age of music, it's worth remembering that mainstream radio listeners of the '60s and '70s, particularly in Canada, missed out on an outpouring of brilliant R&B music.

— Dan Hill

Classic Rock radio gave us our longevity.

— George Thorogood

Most people didn't have the bandwidth to download whole albums. And so it brought back this cherry picking idea that the audience would focus on certain songs and possibly be the impetus behind what eventually got on AM radio: the single or whatever.

— Todd Rundgren

Before, I was more concerned with getting on the radio, like many young artists.

— Kenny Chesney

I did radio back in the era when we did radio drama.

— Martin Milner

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