Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun. Oh, but mama, that's where the fun is.

I cut my bow from the wood of this tree of evil. Of this tree of good, I want a kiss from your lips.

A great rock band searches for the same kind of combustible force that fueled the expansion of the universe after the big bang. You want the earth to shake and spit fire. You want the sky to split apart and for God to pour out.

I told a story with the E Street Band that was bigger and better than I could have done on my own.

I don't want to make a record like in the '50s or the '60s or the '70s. I want to make a record like today, that`s right now.

I always write with an audience in mind. If I feel that [connection] coming back at me then I feel like I'm doing my job. That's why people come to my music - for some emotional experience or a perspective, either on their own lives, or on the world that they're living in.

I believe the war on poverty is a more American idea than the war on the war on poverty. I believe that most people feel like that. And I believe that it ain't over till it's over.