In the theory of evolution there is no talk of God and no Bibles are used. They're not looking for higher powers, extraterrestrials, or anything else that could be found in the science fiction section, because they are not dealing with fiction.

I don't need music for the good times. I don't have that kind of need. Music doesn't serve me like that.

I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place.

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

We Americans are hard on almost everything. We are hard on our vehicles, our marriages and our heroes. Mostly, however, we are hard on ourselves.

I mean I appreciate fan mail and that the people like what I am doing but I can't answer it. If I would answer 25 letters a day I would be just a guy answering mail and not an artist anymore.

War is very sad and small life is pathetically fragile at times.