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" Rock n' roll is a participatory sport. "

Steven Van Zandt

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" The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist. It's a different world without Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Curtis Mayfield, Brian Jones and the rest. "

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" I just love that whole Brill Building era. I will always regret not being there. That's where I belong. "

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" 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. "

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

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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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