I think that, when you're writing your songs, there's always a debate about whether, is that you in the song? Is it not you in the song?

Think of it this way: performing is like sprinting while screaming for three, four minutes. And then you do it again. And then you do it again. And then you walk a little, shouting the whole time. And so on. Your adrenaline quickly overwhelms your conditioning.

I don't know if I know anyone, with the exception of the early inventors of rock music [who wasn't influenced by something].

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.

A man armed with a rhyming dictionary is a dangerous man.

I got Mary pregnant and man that's all she wrote. And for my 19th birthday, I got a union card and a factory coat.

You're born into this life paying for the sins of somebody else's past.