Anytime you spend six months on a song (Born to Run), there's something not exactly going right. A song should take about three hours.

I'd never go onstage in my life without fully intending to do the best show you've ever seen.

We're a little lazy about spirituality in this country.

Half of the acting I do is actually done by the hair.

We never understood the concept of people going onstage and giving anything less than 100 percent. Maybe that's a blue-collar work ethic, but I call it just ethics.

From the age of 14, 13, I guess I wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star. And that was it. I wanted to make a living playing rock 'n' roll, and it was a ridiculously impossible dream at that time. But it was kind of all I ever wanted to do. It's nice to do it.

Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It's like a highly specialized army unit, or a winning sports team. A unique combination of elements that becomes stronger together than apart.