The E Street band casts a pretty wide net. Our influences go all the way back to the early primitive garage music, and also, we've had everything in the band from jazz players to Kansas City trumpet players to Nils Lofgren, one of the great rock guitarists in the world.

The only thing I know as I get older is that I don't really need to be No. 1.

My soul is lost, my friend, tell me how do I begin again? My city's in ruins, my city's in ruins.

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.

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

The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind.

They say "ya gotta stay hungry"... Hey Baby...I'm just about starvin' tonight!