Howard Stern

I didn't listen to executives.

I don't talk about my salary.

I don't think there's one thing I've ever said on the radio that would have been found indecent or obscene.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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'm not looking for a paycheck.

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

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 feel blessed, I really feel fulfilled.

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've come to appreciate other people's talents.

'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.

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

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

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

I think people of lesser talent will become stars.

I'm the voice of honesty.