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" They legislate fatherhood in Norway. It's not an option. That's a shocking thing to us in America. "
Steven Van Zandt
Shocking
Thing
Us
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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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" It ain't passive. It ain't TV. Go out there and rock n' roll and dance and have fun. "
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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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" Your celebrity capital rises and falls in any given year. And when you have some - temporarily, usually - you try to use it for some good. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Go out and support your local rock n' roll band. "
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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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" You can trace the E Street Band directly back to the Rascals. "
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" 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! "
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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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Day
You
" For me, making a record is a vacation. I'd like to do it more often. Just, chances are impossible... It's a very expensive hobby, you know? "
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Know
Me
" I've always been very thematic with my work, very conceptual. "
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Very
Conceptual
" 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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Me
" Life should never be boring. "
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Life
Boring
Never
" 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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Country
Fall
Judge
" Bands should never break up. "
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Break Up
Break
Never
" I met all my heroes on the oldies circuit: Gary U.S. Bonds, Lloyd Price, Little Richard. "
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Heroes
Price
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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 don't wake up every day and just write to write. I only write with purpose. "
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" Once Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings are not cool on country radio, it's time for a new format. "
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" I think I'm one of the few people who have experienced New Jersey becoming fashionable twice in a lifetime. "
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" 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. "
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" Believe me, if Donald Trump didn't have some point that he's making, hitting home with people, he could not have come this far - as much as a showman as he may be. "
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People
Me
" Let the wealthier countries and corporations of the world fund an Emergency Organization. "
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Organization
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" 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. "
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You
Year
" I've always considered the government taking one out of every two dollars I earn absolute tyranny. "
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Always
Two
" Rock n' roll is a participatory sport. "
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Roll
Rock N Roll
" Let's not pretend we have too much of a democracy here, because we don't. "
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Pretend
Much