Quotes by Carson Daly

I think long-lasting, healthy relationships are more important than the idea of marriage. At the root of every successful marriage is a strong partnership.

— Carson Daly

Love

You know, I'm cursed with morals. I was raised a certain way. I wish I wasn't. I wish I was raised by wolves.

— Carson Daly

Wisdom

A good butcher is important to have. It's like a shrink.

— Carson Daly

Wisdom

Men often think it's the bad boys who get the hot chicks. But I'm living proof that the good guys win.

— Carson Daly

Life

When I was a freshman in high school, I got a letterman jacket, which you'd think would be great stock. The jacket had the big S on it, for Santa Monica. But rather than having a football or a baseball on the S, I had a little nine iron. Girls thought it was a flute.

— Carson Daly

Wisdom

When reality television really hit, I just had a backlash towards reality. It seemed like a cheap way to make a product. And then when music reality and 'Idol hit,' I just didn't watch it, it seemed novelty. And of course the story of 'Idol,' this is one of the greatest stories in television history.

— Carson Daly

Wisdom

NBC's priorities are Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno, and then there's me.

— Carson Daly

Wisdom

I don't have a sidekick - no Ed McMahon. So when I go out there, I'm lonely. It's scary.

— Carson Daly

Wisdom

The No. 1 question I get from everybody is, 'How did you make it?' I'm like, Don't worry about making it. There is no making it. Just be happy.

— Carson Daly

Happiness

My girlfriend Siri is a food blogger, and we both love to entertain and eat. This is what happens when you're in your thirties: what was once a passion and real appetite for nightlife in New York City manifests itself into other things, like entertaining at home.

— Carson Daly

Love

The one thing I learned the most about acting is it takes a tremendous amount of courage to go there and stand still. It takes courage and guts to step out of your mind frame and depict something.

— Carson Daly

Courage

It's hard to be a breakout show and stay on top. We're like the flagship show over here.

— Carson Daly

Wisdom

MTV was such a great training for me. I did live interviews with everyone from Michael Jackson to Madonna.

— Carson Daly

Wisdom

Carson is an old family name, though my grandma used to watch Johnny all the time and was crazy about him.

— Carson Daly

Wisdom

I love 'Last Call.' It took me a little bit to figure out that I wasn't going to be that guy in a suit telling monologue jokes.

— Carson Daly

Love

I really like it that they promote from within.

— Carson Daly

Wisdom

I'm developing a record company. I'm learning how to supervise music on a film.

— Carson Daly

Education

No one's on at my time but infomercials.

— Carson Daly

Wisdom

The plate tectonics of media have shifted where NBC had to become a new media company from an old media company.

— Carson Daly

Wisdom

You have to change the set, stay ahead of the curve.

— Carson Daly

Wisdom

I do California casual a little bit better than really small European cut, tight apparel But I can rock some Gucci when I need to. I say this as I'm wearing Adidas sweatpants and a ten-year-old Chrome Hearts T-shirt.

— Carson Daly

Love

A friend of mine - a cameraman at MTV - lost a lot of weight from cycling, and I thought I'd try it, too, thinking whenever you look at a cyclist they all look super-skinny, so hey, why not? But then it turned into such a psychologically satisfying thing.

— Carson Daly

Friendship

I hope 'The Voice' has a fifteen-year run, don't get me wrong. But I come from nothing, and maybe it's the Irish in me, but my attitude is always like, 'They'll figure me out soon.'

— Carson Daly

Hope

I stumbled into this format for 'Last Call with Carson Daly' that I really like, inspired by cable and Dave Attell's 'Insomniac.' I love being out on the street.

— Carson Daly

Love