Quotes By Howard Stern

We are busy planning the launch of the channel. I am busy planning all kinds of events that go on the channel without me. I have started producing a sound for the channel.

'The New York Times' list is a bunch of crap. They ought to call it the editor's choice. It sure isn't based on sales.

I'm on the air five hours, and I blurt out anything in my head. Dangerous? Maybe.

I'm the voice of honesty.

I don't talk about my salary.

I think I'm probably a little too desperate to be successful.

What a crazy idea to put me on a family show!

If you're a Christian you don't sit there and worry about what somebody else is doing, if they're happy and they're committed in a relationship.

And rather than hide that, I would rather put that out on the radio and let someone see the full range of emotions. If you're going to be strong on the radio, you got to let it all out, even the ugly stuff. And you can't apologize for it.

It causes me great pain to sue the company I work for. Nevertheless, I had to do it. Suffice it to say, there's a dispute and I believe I haven't been given what is mine.

I still feel like I gotta prove something. There are a lot of people hoping I fail. But I like that. I need to be hated.

When you hire me, you hire a nut who is going to work 24 hours a day for you and never, ever burn his audience.

I don't like being 50 and I don't like thinking about death.

Okay, well, I guess I'm still a kid. Because when I get really angry and fired up and I feel like my back is up against the wall, I will say vicious things.

Late night television is ready for someone like me... standards have gone to an all-time low.

My show was revolutionary, ground-breaking. When I came on the scene, people were not doing a thing.

I feel blessed, I really feel fulfilled.

Every time I went on the radio, I would take the crummiest radio station, the station that was like a toilet bowl. I would go on there and build up the ratings, so you couldn't do any worse.

I believe I am doing the work for humanity. This show is so uplifting.

I think people of lesser talent will become stars.

I've never come into anything successful before. I've always been hired by horrible radio stations with horrendous reputations and nothing to lose.

I'm not looking for a paycheck.

Yes, I believe blue material is funny, but if that's all you've got, you're dead in the water. It's not good.

I wanted to go hide. I wasn't looking to be more famous, I'm famous enough.

I've actually apologized to some people I was a real jerk to, because I feel ashamed. I didn't need to be that hungry. There was something going on inside me when I was angry and feeling very threatened and not feeling good about myself.

I seem to be some sort of lightning rod. I just really irritate people, you know? I really do.

Well, first of all, I'm worth every penny.

I didn't listen to executives.

You've got to be a little vicious. You've got to be narcissistic. You've got to be on fire about your career.

I've come to appreciate other people's talents.