Mtv Quotes - Page 8

• You can't expect to be on MTV and critique George Bush. You can't expect to be on BET or the cover of 'The Source' advocating Jesus Christ or Buddha or Hindu Krishna or Moses. As a conscious rap artist, you have to play in the arena that you're supposed to be in. What is that arena? That arena is the college market. The conscious rap artist woos the college market, even though the college market is the wildest, most sexed-out, drug-driven market in the country, possibly the world.

  KRS-One

  Country, Jesus, Rap

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. April 25, 2001.

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• I've often said in the past that I thought MTV was sort of evil incarnate and signified the beginning of the end. And I don't know if I'm entirely wrong about that, but they did sign my paychecks a year ago, so I guess I'm part of the problem.

  Martha Plimpton

  Past, Years, Evil

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. March 3, 1999.

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• I feel like every couple years MTV reinvents itself in some way, you know?

  Crystal Reed

  Couple, Years, Way

  "MTV's Teen Wolf Stars Tyler Posey and Crystal Reed: 'We Won't Ruin the Movie'". Interview with Louis Virtel, movieline.com. June 03, 2011.

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• I'll know I'm reaching the total American market when I'm asked to do a video for MTV.

  Leonard Slatkin

  Video, Reaching, Knows

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• He revolutionized music videos. Before Michael Jackson, MTV refused to play African-American artists.

  Spike Lee

  Artist, Play, African American

  Source: www.npr.org

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• When people see you have a song on MTV, they think you are doing well - but you know, the way the traditional label deal was set up, it is really hard for an artist, unless they sold a lot, to see anything.

  Jill Sobule

  Song, Thinking, Artist

  "Sponsor Jill Sobule's album, get a spot on it". Interview with Denise Quan, www.cnn.com. March 24, 2009.

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• When I first got famous, Greg Dulli was also just starting to cook with the Afghan Whigs, and because of the MTV awards I met Dave Grohl and Nirvana and all these rock and roll bands. So I had experience with what it was like when people were taking off at that time.

  Denis Leary

  Awards, Rocks, Rock And Roll

  "Denis Leary Wants David Bowie & Steven Tyler In ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’ Season 2 – Comic Con". Interview with Dominic Patten, deadline.com. July 12, 2015.

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• I never watch MTV. I don't have time to watch TV. And when I do, I'm watching the Discovery Channel. 'Deadliest Catch: Crab Fishing in Alaska,' that's my show.

  Carly Schroeder

  Alaska, Discovery, Fishing

  "EXCLUSIVE: Carly Schroeder Kicks the Winning Goal in Gracie" by B.Alan Orange, movieweb.com. May 29, 2007.

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• The most difficult thing has definitely been movies. From a comedian's standpoint, you think being real big is the best thing, but with movies, the screen is huge, you're big anyway! Also, coming from a TV personality - MTV was all about high energy and selling the hottest video - I had to learn to [take it down]. A lot of characters I'm playing are not necessarily that kind of guy.

  Bill Bellamy

  Real, Character, Thinking

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• MTV in general is involved with so many artists - musicians, actors, people in the fashion industry, and art world.

  Karlie Kloss

  Fashion, Art, People

  "'House of Style' hosts Karlie Kloss and Joan Smalls on their new gigs". Interview with Sandra Gonzalez, www.ew.com. September 6, 2012.

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• For me, as a music fan, visuals kind of steal away the purity of the song. My instinct is not to provide a visual to go with a piece of music. But here's MTV. It's really powerful.

  Michael Stipe

  Song, Powerful, Fans

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It was '86. We were a big enough name and we had enough cache that MTV wanted to play us, so, along with Michael Jackson and Madonna, they played our upside-down, black-and-white, backward, single unedited footage of a rock quarry with orange letters over the top of it and called it art.

  Michael Stipe

  Art, Black And White, Rocks

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Today, MTV doesn't play videos anymore, but YouTube certainly has become the next MTV.

  Christopher Bollen

  Play, Video, Today

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Perhaps Western civilization is in a post-decline phase, or maybe the decline is just taking a really long time, like the Roman Empire's did. The Romans had gladiators and Christian-hungry lions and that sort of thing. We have MTV.

  Tom Shales

  Christian, Civilization, Hungry Lion

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