The Jersey Shore is the kind of place where the policeman has a little cottage that might have been in the family for years and many other people call home.

The story I have told throughout my work life I could not have told as well without Clarence.

It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people.

When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar.

Because we lived in the presence of the church and the convent and the rectory and the school 24-7. And this was an enormous cornerstone in the lives of my entire family. They were all pretty serious Catholic churchgoers.

When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image, particularly through the mid '80s.

You've got to be able to hold a lot of contradictory ideas in your mind without going nuts. I feel like to do my job right, when I walk out on stage I've got to feel like it's the most important thing in the world. Also I've got to feel like, well, it's only rock and roll. Somehow you've got to believe both of those things.