The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

I think initially, our audiences were filled with young men. You know, our initial audience was a lot of young guys who I think were trying to - who you played a bit of a big brother role for and were trying to sort out a lot of the same things right - soon as "Born To Run" hit, you know? So it was something that I worked pretty hard on.

Politics and life go hand in hand.

A time comes when you need to stop waiting for the man you want to become and start being the man you want to be.

I took a month long vacation in the stratosphere, and you know it's very hard to hold your breath.

A great rock band searches for the same kind of combustible force that fueled the expansion of the universe after the big bang. You want the earth to shake and spit fire. You want the sky to split apart and for God to pour out.

More than rich, more than famous, more than happy...I wanted to be great.