Quotes from Howard Stern

You can't be a rebel if there aren't any rules.

Nothing is casual. Everything requires work, research, and thought. Agonize. Take it seriously. Don't leave it up to someone else, and don't phone it in. There is no such thing as a shortcut if you are going to turn in good work. If I ever enjoy the process, I know I have somehow produced something worthless.

You know, I can't afford my own private jet, but I can afford to pay other people to get off my commercial flight.

Therapy opened me up and enabled me to appreciate how fulfilling it was to be truly heard. That led me to the thought: "You know, somebody else might actually have something to say. Let's just sit here and listen and not make it all about you.

Howard: I didn't realize you had a first wife. Ozzy: She's now got a job swimming up and down Loch Ness while the monster takes a break.

unrelenting certainty.

My kids say, "Dad, come on, you don't know what's going on. You don't know the music. You don't know this, you don't know that. Here are the books you should be doing. Here's the film you should be making." And when I get to the office and someone says, "Can I get you a coffee? Can I get you a water?

And then you go to college and some teacher says to you, "Hey, why don't you go to Alvin Ailey and go dance." Madonna: No, he said, "You're too good for this. You don't need this. This is an environment for people who don't know what they want to do with their lives. Go. Go to New York.

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 didn't listen to executives.

This country (United States) has too many freedoms.

I really didn't know much about the Libertarians. I knew they were for less government and more individual freedom. I liked that.