Meanwhile, the meek are a long time inheriting the earth.
BOB EDWARDSMeanwhile, the meek are a long time inheriting the earth.
BOB EDWARDSPeople are always ready to admit a man’s ability after he gets there.
BOB EDWARDSI wake about 1 a.m. I’m in the office by 2 a.m. We’re on the air at 5.
BOB EDWARDSWith radio, the listener absorbs everything.
BOB EDWARDSI’m still excited at being at a microphone and talking to listeners. I love that. It’s the most basic element of what I do and I still enjoy it very much.
BOB EDWARDSAt a tiny station in New Albany, Indiana, which is right across from the river from Louisville, Kentucky, where I grew up. The Louisville stations were loath to hire beginners, so I had to go across the river.
BOB EDWARDSNobody cares about your wardrobe, what your tie looks like, or even if you’re wearing one, and I don’t.
BOB EDWARDSI go home by noon, and I’m in bed by 6 p.m. I get up at 1 and do it again.
BOB EDWARDSBetween 2 and 5 I’m reading in to find out what’s been going on while I’ve been asleep.
BOB EDWARDSBut when you see personal artifacts relating to – by genealogy at least – a living human being, it was just more impressive to me than just about anything I’ve ever read about slavery before.
BOB EDWARDSThe difference between a friend and an acquaintance is that a friend helps; an acquaintance merely advises.
BOB EDWARDSIt’s also a more personal medium. It seems to go directly to one’s brain. There are no pictures to distract.
BOB EDWARDSSoon it will be a sin of parents to have a child that carries the heavy burden of genetic disease. We are entering a world where we have to consider the quality of our children.
BOB EDWARDSI’ve never been able to predict the future of anything.
BOB EDWARDSI used to listen to the soap operas with my grandmother.
BOB EDWARDSI was encouraged to read aloud in class and vocalize.
BOB EDWARDS