The Magic Christian told me he was going to vacation in an Iron lung so he wouldn’t even have to breathe.

Randy Bachman told me that Neil Young had told him backstage, “George had the first cool guitar in Winnipeg. 

Many years ago, my wee daughter, Cami, asked if the tune I was playing, Who Dat? by The Jury, was almost over, and when I asked why, she said, “It’s not very good, Daddy.”

Bobby Rich wrote, George, were you at the R&R convention in LA when Clinton spoke? He stated that signing that act was “one of his biggest mistakes.” he didn’t mention Monica.

When I asked my oldest daughter Candis if she remembered when asking me if she could go to France to finish High School and then later to NYU in New York, her mother shouted from the kitchen both times, “Tell her she can’t go.” No, she said, “I just remember I was talking to the right guy.”

Larry Macinnis commented on my blog; George, I am quoting Churchill here as best I can, but he said something like, “If you’re not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you’re not a conservative at 40, you have no brain.”

Bobby Cole claims it’s impossible to have three affairs going on simultaneously. His claim is just when you think you’ve got it done; all three will be waiting for you at lunch.

After meeting my Brother Reg on his first day at CFTR years after I left, John Seymore asked him, “You’re not related to that prick George Johns, are you?”

Jerry Del Colliano wrote, While reading your eloquent narrative of the happy day, it occurred to me that when some of the consolidators in today’s radio have their future birthday parties, I wonder how much love will be in the room. To be successful is to be surrounded by friends who love and respect you; money is nothing without that.

Al Ham, the creator of “Music Of Your Life,” told me that when someone steals your music to create their own format, you steal their wife. 

Paul Ski, who followed me into CKSO in Sudbury and CFRA in Ottawa, said, “The only reason I didn’t follow you into Toronto was because I was tired of cleaning up your desk.”

Matt Greeny wrote, Geo, might I add an addendum to “He who is afraid to ask will never know.”
I start all my classes with “The only stupid question was the one that wasn’t asked”

My Uncle Jack claimed that all women are exactly the same; they just look different. 

When Chuck Camroux, who followed me into Toronto, had his first jock meeting, a few of the guys sat on the floor, causing Chuck to ask, “Was George running a club here?” Sandy Hoyt answered, “Do you wanna join?”

Jack McCoy warned me never to tell him anything I didn’t want him to use.

Bob Christy said he marketed himself by sitting at a bar, waiting for the ladies to drag him to their cars. 

Gary Russell claimed that I was the only long hair he had ever met with short hair.

Roger Snowdon claimed that nobody ever moved to Florida to work harder.

Garth Brooks told me that he was pretty wild in High School but not near as wild as he wanted to be; he was too afraid.

Dana Horner wrote, My high school football coach and history teacher often said, “Your freedom ends where my nose begins.” So some of us have more freedom than others based on the size of our noses.

Joel Thompson messaged; ​With the right music, you either forget everything or remember everything.

My Maternal Grandpa, Ben Vince, told me, as I will tell Grandson Nathaniel, “Life is about faster cars, older whiskey, younger women, and more money. Unfortunately, he neglected to warn me that any of them can also ruin your life.

Dick Dresner taught me that the only way you get new listeners is to do it the way you’d track the big-horned sheep. Unfortunately, tracking the big-horned sheep is impossible, so you have to anticipate where they’re going and be there waiting.

Brent Farris claims that radio is really over when George Johns starts talking about sales.

Craig Walker recently told me that he still has the paper napkin I used to write what I was willing to pay him if he would do us the honor of joining us at K-103 in Portland. 

David Manning showed me how to ruin a $2000.00 suit by wearing a matching pair of $200.00 shoes.

Martin Milner informed me that there never could be a route 66 reunion TV show because all the towns they shot across America had arrest warrants for his co-star George Maharis.

Rick Moranis told me that “Ghost Busters” was magical because of the tension on the set. Like him, he said, most of the actors in the film were also writers, so when the cameras started rolling, you never knew what new words would be coming at you. 

Cat Simon claims no bit was ever too long if George Johns laughs.

When Joe Amaturo found out that I went to the Manitoba Institute Of Technology, he said that the name was too long and I should shorten it to MIT.

Tom Cochran told me that he was so excited about the possibility of becoming a newsman at WIBC in Indy he cut off most of his hair for the interview. He got the job, but as he left, Fred Heckmen said, “Oh yeah, Tom, get a haircut.”

When I first met Reid Reker, I asked him why he was living with the woman he had just divorced; he said, “I can’t be married to a woman that wild, but she’s sure fun to live with now.”