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That's robin. so this whole idea that, you know, robin, black woman, you know, someone said it's brilliant. then you can talk about black people. i go, i'm not that calculated. i needed a good problem and robin is it. >> when we come back, i want to talk about justin bieber, miley cyrus and whether i was right to ban madonna from this show. [ male announcer ] 95% of all americans aren't getting enough whole grain. but actually, it's easier than you think, because general mills big g line of cereals is america's number one source of whole grain at breakfast. there's whole grain in every box... ...

And we started talking. it was effortless. that's robin. so this whole idea that, you know, robin, black woman, you know, someone said it's brilliant. then you can talk about black people. i go, i'm not that calculated. i needed a good problem and robin is it. >> when we come back, i want to talk about justin bieber, miley cyrus and whether i was right to ban madonna from this show. >> okay. that 18-wheeler should have crushed us. the steering wheel was in my lap. [ woman ] i was watching the most horrific thing a driver could watch. the sound of the impact was tremendous. it actually was so v...

But it was wonderful training ground. >> one of the questions on twitter today, if you've got the money that you made, the success you've enjoyed, the status and everything that comes with it, what would motivate you to get out of bed at 3:30, 4:00 every day to carry on doing this? >> i don't know. i came to a conclusion because my contract was up a few months ago. and i really thought i was going to retire. i said, why am i doing this anymore? i've proven everything i need to prove. my show has been successful. i went to satellite. we started with 600,000 people there. now we're over 20 milli...

And the station was horrible. in a horrible location. everything was bad about it. and i was alone in detroit. my wife hadn't moved there at the time. and i was living in a hotel. i would tape my show. i'd go back to the hotel, listen to the show and then i would sit in the room, i wouldn't leave it. i never socialized. i never went out to dinner. i would sit and wait for the next show. i was insane. i would wait and think about the next show. i only wanted to be successful on the radio. and not being successful in detroit tore me apart. i became distraught, really, because i put so much energ...

Day to carry on doing this? >> i don't know. i came to a conclusion because my contract was up a few months ago. and i really thought i was going to retire. i said, why am i doing this anymore? i've proven everything i need to prove. my show has been successful. i went to satellite. we started with 600,000 people there. now we're over 20 million. i feel like we hit a home run. when i say we, i mean the whole show, robin and fred and gary. i said to myself, why am i doing this anymore? it makes me crazy. i hate getting up early in the morning. and i don't particularly like doing the show. i am ...