I love capitalism. It rewards me for being brave - it awards me for being innovative and thinking out of the box.

Being in New York is an almost overwhelming experience. While Washington, D.C., is my favorite American city, I regard New York City as the most amazing city in the world. No other comes close. It is an incredible, inexhaustible engine.

Adolescence is a plague on the senses.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record.

Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the great effort of those who created and recorded the work is damaged.

Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.