A biography for Casey Kasemhasn’t been written yet.
“I credit God with giving me the idea for 'Top 40.'”
“Hosting various versions of my countdown program has kept me extremely busy, and I loved every minute of it.”
“My agent said that I was one of the top three busiest people in the country.”
“I've never loved listening to music.”
“Basically, radio hasn't changed over the years. Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.”
“It's been amazing, the number of commercials that I've done, starting back in 1968. It must be 8,000.”
“If I were doing a real rock show, slapping the phone book in time to the music, grooving with the songs, then it would matter to know how I felt about what I was playing. You can't fake it in that situation. But I'm just counting them down as they appear on the chart, 1 through 40. What really matters is what I say between the songs.”
“I had also done a little disc jockeying.”