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

Steven Van Zandt

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

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

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" 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. "

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" In 'The Sopranos,' these guys know their best years are behind them. They have nostalgia for their old traditions. In their minds, they're looking for a time when loyalty mattered, community mattered. E Street is about community, too. People are looking for something real. "

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" The rock era, as I clock it, went from '65 to '94, from 'Like a Rolling Stone' to Kurt Cobain's death. "

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" I learned a lot from Bruce Springsteen and David Chase. "

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" I grew up in a renaissance period, a very lucky time when the greatest music ever made was also the most commercial. We'll never see that again, so for me, there's only one criteria, which is greatness. That's all I care about. Is what I'm doing reaching for greatness? Whether I achieve it or not, that is one hundred percent of my criteria. "

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" I'm always surprised when a sequel is not as good or better than the first one. I never understand that. You've already set your own bar. You've already done the hard work. It should be easier to make the second one, but a lot of the times, it's not. "

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

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" 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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" The simple fact is we do not live in a democracy. Certainly not the kind our Founding Fathers intended. We live in a corporate dictatorship represented by, and beholden to, no single human being you can reason with or hold responsible for anything. "

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" Garage rock is music for older people with young souls and young people with old souls. It's a certain sensibility, and you may have it when you're 17 or when you're 67. "

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" 'Sopranos' was a fascinating moment, just catching our whole culture by surprise, a fun ride to be on while I'm learning the craft. "

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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. "

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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. "

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" The British invasion was the most important event of my life. I was in New Jersey and the night I saw the Beatles changed everything. I had seen Elvis before and he had done nothing for me, but these guys were in a band. "

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" I was obsessed with politics in the '80s. I've recovered and I'm feeling much better now, thank you. "

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" Rock n' roll is a participatory sport. "

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" When I was younger, I went through the windshield of a car ,and my hair didn't grow back right. I had been wearing scarves occasionally, and I decided that I didn't want to deal with wigs and things, so I just stumbled onto my thing. "

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" I met all my heroes on the oldies circuit: Gary U.S. Bonds, Lloyd Price, Little Richard. "

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" My mother remarried when I was young, and my stepfather adopted me. "

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" 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. "

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" This conversation with the audience has been going on since, what, '72, '73... Sometimes it's like a conversation after dinner with friends. You're in a restaurant, and you got there at 8 o'clock. Suddenly, you realize it's midnight. Where did the time go? You're enjoying the conversation. It's sort of a natural, organic conversation. "

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" Life should never be boring. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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" I had the wonderful good luck of having Jimmy Gandolfini as my mentor and David Chase as my godfather, two of the most talented guys in the history of television. "

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

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