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" I am interested in the interaction of a group of people who have a common goal, or a common obsession, each contributing something unique to make something greater than the sum of its parts. I don't know why, but from day one, that has interested me. "

Steven Van Zandt

People

Unique

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" I need a big picture. I can't just do a collection of songs; that doesn't work for me. "

Steven Van Zandt

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Big Picture

" You want everybody to like your work, but when you look at what's fashionable or trendy, it's pretty obvious that I don't exactly fit. "

" Primal Scream could be the biggest band in the world. They are fantastic when they make rock records - once every 10 years. "

" Sometimes there's no qualitative difference between two-and-a-half and three-and-a-half hour shows. It's just a matter of how long you do it. It's not like the show must be three hours and 30 minutes to work. That's just not the case. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

" I've always had a reluctance to meet my heroes. "

" Little Steven - the songwriter, producer, and arranger - stayed alive doing the 'Lilyhammer' score. That pretty much took up three or four years of my life, and all of my musical energy went into that. "

Steven Van Zandt

My Life

Three

" Once Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings are not cool on country radio, it's time for a new format. "

" I tell everybody, if you've got a band that works, it's a miracle. It's never going to be perfect, but if it works on some level, hold on to it with both hands and don't ever let it go. "

" Boycotts are not something to be taken lightly. "

" Being a rock n' roll star ain't a part-time gig. "

" 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. "

" People want to learn how other people live. It's just human nature. "

" Let's not pretend we have too much of a democracy here, because we don't. "

" Bands should never break up. "

" It's become uncool to play other people's songs, and that's absurd. It has got to change. It's the reason why everything's so mediocre. "

" As most of the population suffers through life, barely surviving, disappointed and confused day after day, hopeless, wondering what happened to their strong and beautiful country, it is in the media's power to restore, if not some of our quality of life, at least a bit of our peace of mind. "

" 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. "

" Netflix completely shook up the world. "

Steven Van Zandt

Shook

World

" '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. "

" Go out and support your local rock n' roll band. "

Steven Van Zandt

Rock

Local

" 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. "

" The only reason why I made solo records was because I got so obsessed with politics, and that is quite personal. I don't really philosophically believe in solo records. "

" It's a challenge every year with a TV series. You want to keep evolving and keep it going. That's part of the fun. "

" I'm a real band guy, you know? I'm really good at certain things, and the band stuff is one of them. "

" 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. "

" The Rascals are something else. They're up there with the Beatles, and Stones and Byrds. That level of musicality. They have a real chemistry. It is like magic. "

Steven Van Zandt

Chemistry

Level