New Jersey shaped who and what I am. Growing up in Jersey gave you all the advantages of New York, but you were in its shadow. Anyone who's come from here will tell you that same story.

I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.

Find an independent woman-who loves you for you and will be your best friend. I got it right the first time and was very, very lucky.

I was just another long-haired teenage kid with visions of grandeur, strumming a tennis racket or a broom in front of his bedroom mirror.

The internet and social networking are new avenues for the next Bob Dylan to be born on.

I'm not a clotheshorse or a big shoes guy.

I'm a football guy. Baseball, I enjoy it at playoff time.