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.

The first time I heard Bob Dylan, I was in the car with my mother listening to WMCA, and on came that snare shot that sounded like somebody'd kicked open the door to your mind.

It took quite a bit of work and time and mistakes to begin to feel - to understand the strength that comes along with building a home life.That was very mysterious to me. I was very skeptical of it for a long time, and didn't understand it fully until Patti [ Scialfa] and I got together.

Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.

We're gonna play some pool, skip some school, act real cool, stay out all night, it's gonna be alright.

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.

In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass.