Dick Clark Quotes

#1. Dick Clark was a really great influence in my career; he helped me a lot with his whole organization, and they were awesome to me at all different points - but one thing that I really disagreed with him on was when he said that what I do, pop music, is a disposable art form.

Cyndi Lauper

#2. What, like I want to look like Dick Clark? No. I think I look great with liver spots.

Dennis Quaid

#3. Dick Clark will be truly missed. We will carry on his legacy every New Year's Eve.

Fergie

#4. At the age of six, the criteria for handsome was simply: "Is he not related to me?" and "Have I seen him on television?" That was it. By this standard, Larry Bird, Dick Clark, and Andy Rooney. All handsome guys.

Mindy Kaling

#5. Dick Clark really didn't make rock 'n roll safe for America, as many people think.

Annette Funicello

#6. I get that
but why replace him with this guy? I mean, Dick Clark did American Bandstand. All this guy's done is deny that he's gay.

Keith R.A. DeCandido

#7. As it has been told to me, my Dad had some kind of deal with Dick Clark. But when we got here, that fell through. So we were out here with no job, no furniture, no food.

Danny Bonaduce

#8. No one could have been nicer, classier nor better looking than Dick Clark. I've had a crush on him since I was a teenager.

Dolly Parton

#9. I remember seeing this picture my mother had of Dick Clark. It didn't inspire me to be an actor or anything, but when I did 'American Dreams' with Dick Clark, my mother came out, and she showed him this picture of them that was taken 35 years earlier. It was great.

Tom Verica

#10. Who's the genius who thought replacing Dick Clark with Ryan Seacrest was a good idea?

Keith R.A. DeCandido

#11. Almost all of what I learned about mounting and hosting a dance show I learned from Dick Clark.

Don Cornelius

#12. Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition.

Ryan Seacrest

#13. One week before my 17th birthday, I had a blind date with June Rose, a television actress on network soap operas, a model, and a regular on the popular Dick Clark's Saturday night 'American Bandstand' show from New York. We were married five years later, one week after my graduation from Columbia.

Robert C. Merton

#14. Dick Clark's 'American Bandstand' spread the gospel of American pop music and teenage style that transcended the regional boundaries of our country and united a youth culture that eventually spread its message throughout the entire world.

John Oates

#15. With his passing, Dick Clark deserves to take his place at the top in the pantheon of popular culture icons.

John Oates

#16. Humor is always based on a modicum of truth. Have you ever heard a joke about a father-in-law?

Dick Clark

#17. The problem is when you try to impose today's standards on people living back then. It's the politically correct thing to do, but it was a different era, a different country then.

Dick Clark

#18. All superheroes had pretty much the same problem. Batman was flash and sexy compared to Bruce Wayne and even Robin was a lot cooler than Dick Grayson. As for Superman, well. It was a fucking miracle that Clark Kent had never committed suicide.

Will Christopher Baer

#19. Last year I had a stroke. It left me in bad shape. I had to teach myself how to walk and talk all over again. It was a long hard fight. My speech is not perfect but I'm getting there.

Dick Clark

#20. Music is the soundtrack of your life.

Dick Clark

#21. I don't set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them.

Dick Clark

#22. Success is finding something you love to do, getting paid to do it and finding someone to share it with.

Dick Clark

#23. Jet lag is for amateurs.

Dick Clark

#24. I don't make culture. I sell it.

Dick Clark

#25. If you want to stay young-looking, pick your parents very carefully.

Dick Clark

#26. It's real good to be back with you again this year.

Dick Clark

#27. Well, I'm using a cane, so what? So what if they shot me sitting in a wheelchair? That's life!

Dick Clark

#28. Age ain't got nothing to do with how old you are.

Dick Clark

#29. I'm a survivor in a business that constantly rejects you.

Dick Clark

#30. It's rare when an artist's talent can touch an entire generation of people. It's even rarer when that same influence affects several generations. Elvis made an imprint on the world of pop music unequaled by any other single performer.

Dick Clark

#31. Music is the soundtrack of our lives.

Dick Clark

#32. The faultless formulas of television-the ones that last-are simple.

Dick Clark

#33. If you fall down, get up and walk again.
If you can't walk, crawl.
If that idea fails, have another one
It doesn't happen by accident.
It takes a lot of hard work.

Dick Clark