When I was young I was very shy and that was my personality. I was a pretty sensitive kid and quite neurotic, filled with a lot of anxiety.

When I look at myself, I don't see the man I wanted to be.

Got a wife and kid in Baltimore Jack, I went out for a ride and I never went back. Like a river that don't know where it's flowing, I took a wrong turn and I just kept going.

I've always loved the fact that Bob's [Dylan] been able to sustain his mystery over 50 or 60 years.

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.

Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair. The night's busted open. These two lanes will take us anywhere.