For one kiss, darling, I swear everything I would give. Cause you're a walking, talking reason to live.

For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive

They put a rifle in my hand, sent me off to a foreign land to go and kill the Yellow man.

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

It doesn't matter what happened last night or the night - or tomorrow night. It's all about what you're doing with this audience right now.

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

I was the only person I'd ever met who had a record contract. None of the E Street Band, as far as I know, had been on an airplane until Columbia sent us to Los Angeles.