Nina Blackwood Quotes

I am like the little rock n' roll backseat driver.

When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartneys press conference.

Because I was the blonde, I was promoted as the video vixen.

People that really know me will tell you that I am not a video vixen.

I am a curious person and, believe it or not, I really do like to sit back and listen to people's stories.

I get real excited when I hear my shows on the radio.

The hardest and worst interview that I have ever done was with Frank Zappa.

I worked with three people who were doing video music shows before MTV.

The heyday of video music was the mid 80's.

I could not do the film Spinal Tap because I was already at MTV and it was occupying all my time.

I was in the pilot for Spinal Tap before it was a movie.

I grew up in Ohio, and I was a musicologist since I was little; it is all that I would ever read.

Christopher Guest movies are my top of the line favorites.

A regret I have was never being able to interview George Harrison. I just loved him but I never had a chance to interview him.

My reading is always about musical biographies. I have an innate interest and passion for that.

Interviewing people is pretty natural for me.

When you are young your imagination is so clear.

Now that the 90's are over and more time has gone by, the 80's sound fresh again.

We put all these things together into a tangible product that is The Rock N' Roll Mystery Tour.

I have two syndicated radio shows though United Stations Radio Network.

First of all, you needed a budget to do the video. The record companies would pick and choose who got videos.