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I grew up listening to oldies, like Motown. That's from my mom. -- Ryan Lochte
I listen to oldies but goodies stations, '60s and '70s music. -- Brian Wilson
I figure the oldies are real close to what rocking country use to be. -- Wolfman Jack
I love oldies just kind of sweet, slinky, Fifties music. The slow stuff. And Billie Holiday. -- Nastassja Kinski
When I used to play nightclubs, you had to play Top 40 or favorite oldies that maybe people could relate to. -- Rick Danko
I listen to both oldies and contemporary stations. I enjoy listening to current stuff because there's an energy to it that's inspiring. -- Carole King
I hate it when bands do that; they're so proud of their new album, they have to play all of it and a couple of golden oldies. -- Ville Valo
Every few years, I go back into all the songs and I update them so that it never sounds like an oldies show. If you come to the shows, they're full of muscle. 'Copacabana' sounds like it could have been released yesterday. -- Barry Manilow
Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems -- Billy Joel
I write whatever shows up. That's good enough for me. I'm part of the first generation that wants to still do original material and not tour around as an oldies act. -- Lou Reed
If you start watching the oldies, you're in trouble. I feel ancient if "Grand Hotel" or "The Bride Wore Red" comes on. I have a sneaking regard for "Mildred Pierce", but the others do nothing for me. -- Joan Crawford
Well, yeah! Now they're considered golden oldies, which is awesome. I was watching Little Women recently, and I didn't want to get up for fear of missing something. And Heathers is like my own Rocky Horror Picture Show; I recite the lines when it's on. It may seem odd, but I think it's because they're really good movies. -- Winona Ryder
I don't want to be an oldies act, kind of dragging around on the road just for the money. -- Roger McGuinn
Sometimes I listen to '60s or oldies stations to see if they're going to play a Beach Boys song. -- Mike Love
Kids don't see me as an oldies person when I go out on stage. They see me as an energy force. -- Dick Dale
I find it always pleasurable talking with young people, particularly those aspiring to be writers, out of nostalgia, and because I've always felt that we oldies can learn so much from them and draw from them inspiration in our flagging and rickety years. -- F. Sionil Jose
When I was a boy, I used to stay with a school friend in Bexhill, in Sussex, which was then well-known for being the town with more oldies than any other. Aged ten, I felt slightly embarrassed by this, though I'm not sure why. -- Craig Brown
I want to go back to the format that radio started with rock n' roll, with country artists and rhythm and blues with that oldies type feeling. I want to put it all together and create a Top 40 of rhythm and blues and country and straight blues with Wolfman at the reins. -- Wolfman Jack
Sonnymoon and Quadrants are a couple of bands that really inspire me in terms of the melodics of things and certain tones and just what feels good. It takes me back to the type of music that I grew up on in my household. We played a lot of gangsta rap, but we also played a lot of oldies, and I think that mix is part of what inspires my sound. -- Kendrick Lamar
Blessed is the society that has oldies. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
God is forever using especially young people, not oldies like us, God likes using young people. -- Desmond Tutu
I'm listening to a lot of oldies.A lot of Al Green, Marvin Gaye. Luther Vandross... they were some of my icons. -- Kendrick Lamar
So many people mentioned this at these rallies. You go to these things and it's kind of like an oldies concert. I mean, it's not hostile. -- George Saunders

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