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 think I'm probably a little too desperate to be successful.
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 don't think there's one thing I've ever said on the radio that would have been found indecent or obscene.
I was told David Letterman and Kaufman had heart attacks on the same day: David Letterman's heart attack was at a hospital in NYC. Kaufman's heart attack was at the red light district in Amsterdam, Holland. I think Kaufman had more fun. You're a great artist. I just love the way you painted my portrait.
I think I could create a cult, no problem. The hard part is getting people to kill themselves.
I think people of lesser talent will become stars.
I don't think any religion makes any sense and I think people who are into that are really getting duped, and I don't think Judaism makes any more sense than Christianity, and I don't think Christianity makes any more sense than Scientology. But here's a guy, L. Ron Hubbard, who told all his friends, 'Look, I'm gonna start a religion, 'cause I can't make any money as a science fiction writer.' I mean, he admitted that publicly! At least with Jesus Christ, you can't go talk to the guy.
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.
I've talked trash about Bubba in the past and he's talked trash about me, ... But there's something bigger going on now.
I've been so down, coming in here every day.
I've decided what my future is. It's not this kind of radio anymore, ... bring my fans my show, my way.
Saturday Night Live' has ceased to be funny. And for a long time... I've heard a lot of people say this... it's not just me...but that 'Saturday Night Live' is not sort of happening and maybe it's time for an alternative.
Putting together this morning radio network was the greatest pride of my life, ... When they said I couldn't do it, I said 'You're all insane.' How do you not challenge the future? How do you not challenge this industry? I can't imagine why you would want to do it.