Howard Stern Quotes

I just say whatever I want to whoever I want whenever I want wherever I want however I want.

I don't like to practice ahead of time what I'm going to say.

I've given myself permission to say whatever's on my mind when I'm on stage.

I don't know, people take chances on stage. It's a big free speech zone, a comedy show. So sometimes things happen, you say things that are a little bit off the edge.

I almost envy people who say whatever they want.

I've made a career out of playing the id: the guy that says whatever pops into his head.

I can't ad-lib, or not for long.

It's an awesome thing to be flung out onto the stage twice a weekend in front of 250 people, and you have to make it up as you go along.

My trouble is I talk first and think later.

If you're going to be part of a nationally televised show that airs live and do sketches that haven't even been brainstormed a week earlier, you really can't be afraid to fail.

When you hear someone talking in a restaurant or overhear someone talking on the street, there are very different patterns of conversation than you would hear in a conventional movie.

Sometimes, I just, I say various things.

The microphone is open. There is no delay. If I see something and want to say it right now, I can.

How did a prairie-dwelling, red-meat-eating, gun-toting former conservative become the hope of liberal radio? It all started with this annoying habit I have of speaking my mind.

The risks of speaking extemporaneously are apparent the first time you wing it and promptly put your foot in your mouth.

Radio affords you the opportunity to pontificate and elaborate extensively.

I'll probably die by the time I reach 25. But I'll have lived the way I wanted to.

All I can say is that it's amazing what you can accomplish when you're young and foolish.

The only thing that I would say to anyone doing late night shows is - it took me a couple years then - but when you leave the studio, it's over. That's what you really have to do. After a long time, I would be like, "Maybe I shouldn't have said this," or "Maybe I shouldn't have shown this." But eventually, I got to, "Ah, f - k it." That's what it was that night, tomorrow's the next night.

I spoke at the University of Georgia, and a whole contingent of Tea Party people in Hell's Angels regalia came in and sat in the front and scowled at me while I gave my talk. And afterwards the head of the group got to the microphone and said, I'm surprised that I agree with almost everything you said, but I'm worried that you're a big government guy.

Don't for heaven's sake, be afraid of talking nonsense! But you must pay attention to your nonsense.

Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.

What part of me was born with the courage to stand in front of strangers and risk rejection?

I'm the type of guy where one thing leads to another and eventually it gets awful. If I put a $5 bet on a roulette table tonight at 10 o'clock, by tomorrow at noon I would be running guns to Cuba.

Most people lived their lives like criminals: act first, worry about the consequences later.