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" I tend to personally judge issue by issue rather than sort of endorsing this football-team mentality that we fall into in this country, where it's all about the team. "

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" 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. "

Steven Van Zandt

Change

Why

Reason

" In my mind, it's always easier to do a sequel than an original. "

" I am Italian. Springsteen's mostly Italian, too. We're both Italians with Dutch names, one of the many things we have in common. "

" I've always been very thematic with my work, very conceptual. "

" Bands should never break up. "

" 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. "

" I played around with the idea of touring with a soul revue, with Smokey Robinson, Sam Moore, Darlene Love, people like that. "

" 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. "

" There is an established tradition of actors directing films that have a particular, personal meaning for them - Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, and most recently George Clooney to name a few. Remarkably, their films share an unusually high percentage of being very good. "

" I believe that hundreds of years from now, history will be divided into pre-1960s and post-1960s. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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! "

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

" Let the wealthier countries and corporations of the world fund an Emergency Organization. "

" I tried to get Primal Scream to come over to America several times. "

" 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

" 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 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

" My lifelong friend and mentor Frank Barsalona is gone. And the music business as we knew it went with him. "

" Reach for greatness, nothing less. And make sure you have some fun along the way. "

" Where do I begin with 'The Godfather?' It's like explaining why the 'Bible' is so popular. I'll always remember seeing the first one because it was the only time I went to the movies with my grandfather. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Steven Van Zandt

Rock

Local

" 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

Clock

" I didn't care about anything expect rock & roll. So it's nice that it turned out to be something that you find a way to make a living from. "

" 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. "

" As an actor just learning the craft, you literally do a scene with Jimmy Gandolfini, and you walk away a better actor. "