Howard Stern
Howard Stern
Howard Allan Sternis an American radio and television personality, producer, author, actor, and photographer. He is best known as the host of The Howard Stern Show, his long-running radio show which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from 1986 to 2005 before its move to Sirius XM Radio in 2006. Stern first wished to be on the radio at five years of age. He landed his first radio jobs while at Boston University—WTBU, the campus station,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRadio Host
Date of Birth12 January 1954
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I've never come into anything successful before. I've always been hired by horrible radio stations with horrendous reputations and nothing to lose.
Most of the things I do are misunderstood. Hey, after all, being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses, is it not?
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'm about being funny. If I can make a joke using profanity, I will. But for the most part, that can get awfully old and boring.
Here's what happens when you die--you sit in a box and get eaten by worms. I guarantee you that when you die, nothing cool happens.
I believe we will start believing in God as we get closer to death.
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.
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.
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 don't like being 50 and I don't like thinking about death.
I'm trapped inside of me and I don't go out at all. I go to bed at eight o'clock at night. I never go out during the week. I'm in psychotherapy four days a week, pretty heavy commitment to it.
I don't think there's one thing I've ever said on the radio that would have been found indecent or obscene.
Set about doing good to somebody. Put on your hat and go and visit the sick and poor of your neighborhood; inquire into their circumstances and minister to their wants. Seek out the desolate and afflicted and oppressed. . . I have often tried this method, and have always found it the best medicine for a heavy heart.
I've always thought that a name says a lot about a person. So naturally, being named Howard, I always wanted to crawl into a hole.