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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. "

Steven Van Zandt

Remember

Seeing

Bible

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" Rock n' roll is a participatory sport. "

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

" 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. "

" I have very little interest in the modern world, and I'm not in any way conflicted about that. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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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My Life

Three

" Part of the job of being a producer is the Vulcan mind meld, where you listen not to what they're saying but what they mean. "

" 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. "

" Timing really is nearly everything. And what it isn't, circumstance makes up for. "

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Makes

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It's like a highly specialized army unit, or a winning sports team. A unique combination of elements that becomes stronger together than apart. "

" You're either on the Republican team or the Democratic team, and all that matters is that your team wins. Judging by history, regardless of which team wins, the people always lose. "

" I did nothing but international liberation politics for ten years, and usually it was like, you gain an inch, you lose a half an inch. It's slow going, man. "

" 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. "

" Bands should never break up. "

" 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. "

" Sometimes there's no qualitative difference between two-and-a-half and three-and-a-half hour shows. It's just a matter of how long you do it. It's not like the show must be three hours and 30 minutes to work. That's just not the case. "

" I think I'm one of the few people who have experienced New Jersey becoming fashionable twice in a lifetime. "

" To walk into a studio, for me, is just like walking onto a beach or something. "

Steven Van Zandt

Beach

Just

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

" 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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Rock n' roll as a genre is different from pop and hip hop: it is about bands, and that for me suggests brotherhood, family, friendship and community. "

Steven Van Zandt

Family

Rock

" 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. "

" I've always considered the government taking one out of every two dollars I earn absolute tyranny. "

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

Steven Van Zandt

Adopted

Mother