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" For me, it all comes down to one issue: if we can get money out of political systems, the whole world will change. "
Steven Van Zandt
Change
World
Money
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" 'Soulfire' is a collection of stuff I've done in the past. Each song is an element of who I am: There's a doo-wop song on the album; a blues song, R&B and some jazz. For people who are going to be hearing me for the first time, it's an introduction to who I am. "
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" You're either on the Republican team or the Democratic team, and all that matters is that your team wins. Judging by history, regardless of which team wins, the people always lose. "
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People
Team
You
" I just love that whole Brill Building era. I will always regret not being there. That's where I belong. "
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Regret
Love
" As an actor just learning the craft, you literally do a scene with Jimmy Gandolfini, and you walk away a better actor. "
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Craft
Walk
You
" I'll never understand why people somehow support pollution. It's completely irrational, and I don't get it. Somewhere along the line, they bought into this fiction that one has to choose between the environment and business, which is just a complete falsehood and absurd. "
Steven Van Zandt
People
Support
Environment
" Little Richard opens his mouth, and out comes liberation. "
Steven Van Zandt
Liberation
His
Out
" I was deep into it - worldwide liberation politics as well as domestic - but by the end of the '80s, I had decided it all comes down to one single issue: campaign-finance elimination. "
Steven Van Zandt
Politics
Deep
Down
" People want to learn how other people live. It's just human nature. "
Steven Van Zandt
Want
Human Nature
People
" I learned a lot from Bruce Springsteen and David Chase. "
Steven Van Zandt
Lot
Bruce Springsteen
Chase
" First of all, just because the Tea Party people appear to be generally uneducated, ignorant about the political process, ignorant about economics, confused about their own platform from the beginning, and indelicate when it comes to the craft of diplomacy, doesn't mean they're wrong. "
Steven Van Zandt
Tea
Political
People
" What the world needs is an Emergency Boss. An Emergency Czar. An Emergency Commander. A true Master Of Disaster. One person completely responsible for the anticipation, immediate reconnaissance, and urgent execution of rescue and relief efforts around the world. "
Steven Van Zandt
Boss
Anticipation
Person
" Primal Scream could be the biggest band in the world. They are fantastic when they make rock records - once every 10 years. "
Steven Van Zandt
Years
Once
World
" It ain't passive. It ain't TV. Go out there and rock n' roll and dance and have fun. "
Steven Van Zandt
Rock
Dance
Fun
" Half of the modern world goes back as far as Pearl Jam. The real historians go back to U2. But they need to go back further. They have to go back to the '50s and '60s, where things started. That's how you get to be your own personality, by studying the masters. Rock and roll was white kids trying to make black music and failing, gloriously! "
Steven Van Zandt
Rock
World
Personality
" I know what it takes to make a band, how they should interact, what makes a record sound like it's a band - everything having to do with a band, I happen to be into. "
Steven Van Zandt
How
Band
Sound
" There are... certainly more innovations on 'Revolver'... but the truth of the matter is 'Sgt. Pepper' has something that was just completely different and unique at that moment. "
Steven Van Zandt
Matter
Truth
Unique
" The first rule of rock and roll is it's all about live. Then you have to learn a second craft, which is making records. It should go in that order. "
Steven Van Zandt
Rock And Roll
You
Learn
" I did 10 years on 'Sopranos,' but the whole craft of acting is relatively new to me. I'm still learning that, and I'll be learning that forever. "
Steven Van Zandt
Acting
Years
New
" I believe that hundreds of years from now, history will be divided into pre-1960s and post-1960s. "
Steven Van Zandt
Believe
Will
Now
" Rock n' roll is a participatory sport. "
Steven Van Zandt
Sport
Roll
Rock N Roll
" For those who are familiar with my work, 'Soulfire' is a return to how most people identify me, which is that soul-meets-rock thing. "
Steven Van Zandt
Work
Most
People
" The energy that comes when you compel people to dance stays with you your whole career - whether you are playing to 100,000 people at Glastonbury or 1,000 kids in a club. "
Steven Van Zandt
Energy
Dance
Career
" In my mind, it's always easier to do a sequel than an original. "
Steven Van Zandt
Mind
Original
Than
" I was very lucky with 'The Sopranos.' "
Steven Van Zandt
Lucky
Very
The Sopranos
" I was a gambler when I was a kid, so when we got to Las Vegas, it was like Mecca. "
Steven Van Zandt
Vegas
Mecca
Like
" It's so liberating to play a song in front of 50,000 people that you've never played before. Not something you played a long time ago and have forgotten: Never. Played. Before. There's something magical about it. "
Steven Van Zandt
Long Time
You
Time
" I learned everything I know from leaving the E Street Band. And of course, one of the things I learned is, I never should have left. "
Steven Van Zandt
Never
Street
Leaving
" You can trace the E Street Band directly back to the Rascals. "
Steven Van Zandt
Street
Back
Trace
" Stevie Van Zandt could not walk on to a set and act. I don't know how actors do that! It's the scariest thing in the world. "
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Van
Walk
Act
" The rock era, as I clock it, went from '65 to '94, from 'Like a Rolling Stone' to Kurt Cobain's death. "
Steven Van Zandt
Rock
Like
Clock