“What happens is [censors] say you can do the joke, but what they're going to do is take your beautiful broth and dump a pillowcase full of flour into it, ... Then, they say you can still have your broth, but it's not so good anymore, and ultimately it's the people who get the crappy soup because they're worried about the one guy who is allergic to it and not the rest of us.”
“Everyone keeps saying, 'Oh my God, oh my God, how intimidating.' It's like saying, 'How could you date Jennifer Aniston after she's been with Brad Pitt ?' I don't care.”
“The God's honest truth is that I'm probably funnier, but he's smarter. Here's the thing about Stern -- he's really a smart guy. He's nutty. He's outrageous. He's all those things, but he's also a very smart guy.”
“He has a great sense of humor -- but it's in his assembly. It's really his craftsmanship that people overlook. It's not being fair to him just calling him outrageous.”
“There's no math equation that equals ratings or demographics or even (takes into consideration) 'The Man Show.' What the (bleep) is 'The Man Show' audience? You either go up there and connect, or you go up there and you don't connect,”