Quotes by Mtv In the '80s, I was the only game in town, I was the only one getting that kind of exposure in any rotation on MTV. Now with internet culture it seems like everyone is doing music parodies. And they're not all good! Al Yankovic rotation mtv games You know, I'm part of that first MTV generation. Alexandra Patsavas mtv generations firsts I just got on Twitter because there was some MTV film blog that quoted me on something really innocuous that I supposedly said on Twitter before I was even on Twitter. So then I had to get on Twitter to say: 'This is me. I'm on Twitter. If there's somebody else saying that they're me on Twitter, they're not.' Anna Kendrick this-is-me mtv film I like to watch MTV for escapist pleasure, but when I saw Snooki, I saw my twin. I couldn't lose myself in the show anymore because there I was. Anne Hathaway mtv saws watches I skate all the time, but it's silly for me to do contests when MTV is giving me a boatload of money. Bam Margera mtv silly giving Nada Surf and Harvey Danger are good bands. I think they've just stayed true to why they play music in the first place, it's just because they love doing it and they love each other and that's the impetus for doing it, not trying to keep singles on the radio and on MTV. Ben Gibbard mtv play thinking I think that for the five-year-old watching MTV right now, Lady Gaga is going to be an iconic person. In 20 years, the people who are here and talking to journalists will be like, 'Oh Lady Gaga changed my life, Nicki Minaj changed my life.' They'll be saying who influenced them and it will be Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, artists like that. Beth Ditto mtv artist thinking What is MTV doing and what is the hegemonic culture industry promoting in gangsta rap? It is the glorification of violence for the sake of violence, the violence itself, like consumption for the sake of consumption, hypermasculinity writ-large with an adapted potency. Bocafloja mtv gangsta rap MTV and the culture industry never are talking about community relevance, hood organization, they aren't talking about ethical codes, they aren't talking about forms of political organization, they don't speak about codes inside the jails. What they talk about are superficial things. Bocafloja mtv organization talking A friend of mine - a cameraman at MTV - lost a lot of weight from cycling, and I thought Id try it, too, thinking whenever you look at a cyclist they all look super-skinny, so hey, why not? But then it turned into such a psychologically satisfying thing. Carson Daly mtv cycling thinking MTV was such a great training for me. I did live interviews with everyone from Michael Jackson to Madonna. Carson Daly mtv training interviews My friend made me a leather dress for the MTV awards. It gives you confidence, wearing something you love. Cat Deeley mtv awards giving Until MTV, television had not been a huge influence on music. To compete with MTV, the country music moguls felt they had to appeal to the same young audience and do it the way MTV did. Charley Pride moguls mtv country My goal in life was to host the MTV Awards, because it's the awards show that Prince sang on, and that was the awards show that Eddie Murphy hosted and Arsenio hosted. Chris Rock mtv awards goal Today, MTV doesn't play videos anymore, but YouTube certainly has become the next MTV. Christopher Bollen mtv video play I think MTV put a huge dent in the songwriting craft. Christopher Cross mtv crafts thinking I feel like every couple years MTV reinvents itself in some way, you know? Crystal Reed mtv couple years My guaranteed way of sending myself into deep depression is to read music trade papers and watch MTV. Damon Albarn mtv paper watches Maybe it's because I grew up during the MTV generation, but to me a perfect song is one I can imagine a music video to, a song that can take you into a dream. Dan Chaon mtv dream song MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough Dan Fogelberg mtv hips enough 12345678»