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" 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
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" Within three hours of a disaster event there should be a recon damage assessment of the infrastructure and an educated guess as to the casualties and degree of imminent human peril. Then make the airdrops of supplies and personnel. Simultaneously, Seabees would be dropped in, with lights and generators, to begin rescue efforts. "
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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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" My father was an ex-Marine Goldwater Republican. "
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" Boycotts are not something to be taken lightly. "
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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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" I've always considered the government taking one out of every two dollars I earn absolute tyranny. "
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" 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. "
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" Before Dylan, before rock became art, it was a wonderful fusion of pop structure and personal statements. "
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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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" Timing really is nearly everything. And what it isn't, circumstance makes up for. "
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" You ask people to fall in love with you. To need you. To want you. To buy your records and come see you. You have an emotional contract with people. To break up is to violate that contract. "
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" 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. "
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" My lifelong friend and mentor Frank Barsalona is gone. And the music business as we knew it went with him. "
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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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" 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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" A lot of the idealism of the Sixties was spot on, from the environmentalism to the war to the Civil Rights movement, the women's rights movement, you name it. "
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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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" Netflix completely shook up the world. "
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" Rock n' roll is a participatory sport. "
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" I played around with the idea of touring with a soul revue, with Smokey Robinson, Sam Moore, Darlene Love, people like that. "
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" You think your congressman is working all day to get you a job? He may want to. He or she is probably not a bad person. They probably want to do the right thing. But they can't. "
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" Every successful person needs to have at least one person in their life who's not afraid of them. "
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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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" 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. "
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" The River,' to me, meant 43 songs. "
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" In my mind, it's always easier to do a sequel than an original. "
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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 was a gambler when I was a kid, so when we got to Las Vegas, it was like Mecca. "
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