We said we'd walk together baby come what may.That come the twilight should we lose our way.If as we're walkin a hand should slip free,I'll wait for you And should I fall behind,Wait for me.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

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

More than rich, more than famous, more than happy...I wanted to be great.

The music is pretty relentless. You've got to find some way of letting the audience breathe for a minute, give them a little bit of air - but not too much. Otherwise it would get real intense. The room would get very tense.

Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing, and I always also believed that it released the audience.

The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.