Anyone who's grown up or lived on the Jersey Shore knows the place is unique.

Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on, I want to ramrod with you, honey, 'til half past dawn.

Sky of blackness and sorrow, sky of love, sky of tears. Sky of glory and sadness, sky of mercy, sky of fear.

The artists we love, they put their fingerprint on your imagination, and on your heart and your soul.

I guess there's just a meanness in this world

You can't shut off the risk and the pain without losing the love that remains.

I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally - with your family, your lover, your wife, and, at a certain point, with your children.