I'm not conflicted. Because I know. There's me, and there's the show.

I'm liberal, but I watch the three majors. Obviously I watch MSNBC, also CNN and Fox, which is what I would call ridiculously to the right.

I should get a weekend show where all I do is play country music.

I don't live in Hollywood. I don't have celebrities as friends. I like them, but I don't pal around with them. I just live in the Midwest, a real normal world.

It's just a show. It's not the end of Western Civilization. It's chewing gum.

Somebody once said I had a face for radio and a voice for newspapers.

I knew early on that I would do politics, but I would never make a living at it. I would do something else.