For an adult, the world is constantly trying to clamp down on itself. Routine, responsibility, decay of institutions, corruption: this is all the world closing in.

Badlands, you got to live it everyday, let the broken hearts stand as the price you've got to pay.

The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune.

I think life goes through a cycle of losing and refinding yourself all the time. Everyone has disappointments all the time, some of them pretty small, some of them pretty big.

When you`re onstage you have a certain faith that somebody's gonna yell somethin' back. Some nights it's louder than other nights and some nights they do, and on some songs they don't. But that's the idea. I think when you begin to expect a reaction from an audience, it's a mistake.

The story I have told throughout my work life I could not have told as well without Clarence.

I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.