The music is pretty relentless. You've got to find some way of letting the audience breathe for a minute, give them a little bit of air - but not too much. Otherwise it would get real intense. The room would get very tense.

What if what you do to survive kills the things you love?

I found the key to the universe in the engine of an old parked car.

An audience is not brought to you or given to you; it's something that you fight for.

You may not be able to hit all the notes. That's OK. You may not have the clearest tone. You may not have the greatest range. But if you can inhabit your song, you can communicate.

You ask for your audience's investment in your music; you're in a relationship with them. And their relationship with the E Street Band is separate from whatever else I might do. I like the idea of us being something that people rely on.

I heard a political message in rock music. A liberation message. A message of freedom. I heard it in Elvis' voice.