You can't be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you're gathering in life. Our band is good at understanding that equation.

It took quite a bit of work and time and mistakes to begin to feel - to understand the strength that comes along with building a home life.That was very mysterious to me. I was very skeptical of it for a long time, and didn't understand it fully until Patti [ Scialfa] and I got together.

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

I never start with a political point of view. I believe that your politics are emotionally and psychologically determined by your early experiences.

Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold We swore blood brothers against the wind I'm ready to grow young again

I know I ain't nobody's bargain, but hell a little touchup and a little paint.

The things that I loved about Bob's [Dylan] music - and I describe him in the book as the father of my country, which he really is - were things that just didn't fit when I went to do my job. You know, I'd come out of a somewhat different circumstance and shoes - the clothes just didn't fit.