I come from a boardwalk town where almost everything is tinged with a bit of fraud. So am I.

I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.

The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.

It's hard to be a saint in the city.

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

Being an artist is this kind of occupation in which you have to make people care about your obsession.

You weren't supposed to hear Elvis Presley. You weren't supposed to hear Jerry Lee Lewis. You weren't supposed to hear Robert Johnson. You weren't supposed to hear Hank Williams. And they told the story of the secret America.