Davy Burnaby

“ A slice out of a "show" can do no one any harm, for, after all, the majority of listeners who don't respond to the bait wouldn't do so anyway, while many others have their appetites whetted for more.
But, plays or no plays, radio is a fascinating pastime, the more so, I sometimes think, by reason of its imperfections. ”

“ Some of the tallest tales ever told have been and are being told about wireless. The wireless brand of tall tale is, I should say, at a rough guess, two thousand metres taller than the tallest tall fishing tale—I shall be getting jammed myself in a minute-ever told in a club smoking-room. ”

“ With my two radio sets, including the one that is installed in my dressing-room at the Palace Theatre, London, I have listened to nearly all the stations on the Continent and in America now broadcasting, and I have yet to be satisfied that any of them provide better entertainment than those here at home. ”