I had no credit cards. I had no checks. I was cash only until I was probably 30 years old.

'Darkness on the Edge of Town' came out of a huge body of work that had tons of very happy songs.

I have to write and play. If I became an electrician tomorrow, I'd still come home at night and write songs.

I was signed to a record label at the same time as my friend Elliot Murphy, who makes great records to this day.

For me, once I count the band in, and I delve deep into my song, I feel a certain sort of integrity and integration that I rarely find in my daily life.

Nothing matters in the whole wide world when you're in love with a Jersey girl.

Every good writer or filmmaker has something eating at them, right? That they can't quite get off their back . And so your job is to make your audience care about your obsessions.