HOWARD STERN

I'm the voice of honesty.

'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 don't talk about my salary.

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

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 feel blessed, I really feel fulfilled.

It's no treat being in bed with me.

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.

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

I will never feel successful.

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 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.

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.

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

I'm sickened by all religions. Religion has divided people. I don't think there's any difference between the pope wearing a large hat and parading around with a smoking purse and an African painting his face white and praying to a rock.

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

I'm not looking for a paycheck.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.