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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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" 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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" For me, it all comes down to one issue: if we can get money out of political systems, the whole world will change. "

" 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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" 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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" 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. "

" The first rule of rock and roll is it's all about live. Then you have to learn a second craft, which is making records. It should go in that order. "

" 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. "

" Politics, in general, when you're trying to change the world for the better in any kind of way, no matter how small or how big, it's inches. "

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

" Rock n' roll is our religion, and we will continue to lose disciples as we go, but we pick up the fallen flag and keep moving forward, bringing forth the good news that our heroes have helped create, their bodies lost, but their spirits and their good work everlasting. "

" First of all, just because the Tea Party people appear to be generally uneducated, ignorant about the political process, ignorant about economics, confused about their own platform from the beginning, and indelicate when it comes to the craft of diplomacy, doesn't mean they're wrong. "

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

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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. "

" Young fans want to know about the past and older fans also want to find new music. "

" It ain't passive. It ain't TV. Go out there and rock n' roll and dance and have fun. "

" My lifelong friend and mentor Frank Barsalona is gone. And the music business as we knew it went with him. "

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

" 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. "

" I did 10 years on 'Sopranos,' but the whole craft of acting is relatively new to me. I'm still learning that, and I'll be learning that forever. "

" In my mind, it's always easier to do a sequel than an original. "

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

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" Boycotts are not something to be taken lightly. "

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

" You can trace the E Street Band directly back to the Rascals. "

" Being a rock n' roll star ain't a part-time gig. "

" I've always had a reluctance to meet my heroes. "

" 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. "