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

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

It took quite a bit of work and time and mistakes to begin to feel - to understand the strength that comes along with building a home life.That was very mysterious to me. I was very skeptical of it for a long time, and didn't understand it fully until Patti [ Scialfa] and I got together.

All you can do is show people...You tell stories that are true and compelling.

Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull and cut a six inch valley through the middle of my soul.

It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company.

Fame, on its best day, is kind of like a friendly wave from a stranger by the side of the road. And when it's not so good, it's like a long walk home, all alone, with nobody in when you get there.