Arthur Godfrey Quotes

• You know, it sounds corny, but I believe in myself. And I work hard.

  Arthur Godfrey

• You know, if you don’t do nothin, you don’t do nothin.

  Arthur Godfrey

• You get a letter from her agency embracing you into the family that says, ‘It is our goal now to help you achieve your dream of being a songwriter, in John’s memory.’

  Arthur Godfrey

• The biggest deal for me was that all 24 winners are placed on the Billboard CD of the Year, which went out to 500 of the biggest Music Reps in the business, from radio and press to management and booking.

  Arthur Godfrey

• Now I’m fortunate to have a good band in CA, and play many solo gigs as well. My point is that I stopped playing in bands and played solo for four years, to get back into the groove and pulse of writing and singing and who I am on stage.

  Arthur Godfrey

• Married and divorced, three beautiful daughters, two in college. The other one is 16, lives with her mom. I’m 46, I’ve worked for the Post Office for 18 years, seven facilities in three states.

  Arthur Godfrey

• It’s not an act, it’s just my way.

  Arthur Godfrey

• If I go to a seminar and someone like you or someone like him is talking, I’m never part of the group that rushes him directly afterward. I always wait in the back corner with my head down until everyone is gone, and then I go up and do my thing.

  Arthur Godfrey

• I’ve been playing music all my life, from being a choir soloist at Symphony Hall as a youngster to playing in bands through high school and college at Kent State. Went in the service at 17, out before I was 21.

  Arthur Godfrey

• I’m proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money.

  Arthur Godfrey

• I’d just hit the Billboard thing, and I had a good feeling. About a month ago, I received a call that said I was in the running, that I’d made the final 25. So I just wanted to place.

  Arthur Godfrey

• I really believe in myself. I’m the hardest worker I know, and one of the best songwriters. There’s a craft to it, and it takes a long time to hone it, and I work really hard at it.

  Arthur Godfrey

• I liked the way they treated the first, second, and third place finishers equally. It was an amazing year. I only entered two song contests this year; I won one and placed second in the other. And I entered each of them a day or two before the deadline.

  Arthur Godfrey

• I know how I like to be treated, so I always start by saying, ‘Could you give me a moment of your time, I know you’re very busy,’ and usually, they will.

  Arthur Godfrey

• I explained to the lady my love for John and his work, and she made it possible for me to purchase one of the 24 proofs, the one for ‘I’m So Tired,’ which I have on my piano at home.

  Arthur Godfrey

• He asked if I was a songwriter, and I said yeah, that I was in town because I’d won this contest. He said, okay, then he was gonna play me his hit, and started singing ‘When it’s time to relax, one beer stands clear… ‘

  Arthur Godfrey

• As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market.

  Arthur Godfrey

Arthur Godfrey (17)

Birth:	31st August, 1903
Death:	16th March, 1983
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Broadcaster, Entertainer

About

Arthur Morton Godfrey was born in New York City. He  was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer.  At the peak of his success, Godfrey helmed two CBS-TV weekly series and a daily 90-minute television mid-morning show, but, by the early 1960s, his presence had been reduced to hosting the occasional TV special. Godfrey served in the United States Navy from 1920 to 1924 as a radio operator. He passed a very stringent qualifying examination and was admitted to the prestigious Radio Materiel School at the Naval Research Laboratory, graduating in 1929.

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