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" You want everybody to like your work, but when you look at what's fashionable or trendy, it's pretty obvious that I don't exactly fit. "

Steven Van Zandt

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" C-17s should be ready to go at various military bases around the world packed with water, food, medical supplies, sleeping bags and tents, all prepared to be air dropped in alongside soldiers and doctors to begin relief efforts. "

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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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" Stevie Van Zandt could not walk on to a set and act. I don't know how actors do that! It's the scariest thing in the world. "

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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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" Netflix completely shook up the world. "

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" 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. "

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Working Together

" Bands should never break up. "

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

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" I'm a real band guy, you know? I'm really good at certain things, and the band stuff is one of them. "

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" They legislate fatherhood in Norway. It's not an option. That's a shocking thing to us in America. "

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" 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. "

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Change The World

" 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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" 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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" I tried to get Primal Scream to come over to America several times. "

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" 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. "

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" I learned a lot from Bruce Springsteen and David Chase. "

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Bruce Springsteen

" 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. "

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

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" As an actor just learning the craft, you literally do a scene with Jimmy Gandolfini, and you walk away a better actor. "

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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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" I had the wonderful good luck of having Jimmy Gandolfini as my mentor and David Chase as my godfather, two of the most talented guys in the history of television. "

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" In 'The Sopranos,' these guys know their best years are behind them. They have nostalgia for their old traditions. In their minds, they're looking for a time when loyalty mattered, community mattered. E Street is about community, too. People are looking for something real. "

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" I'm very, very proud to have been at what I feel are two of the pivotal moments in this whole new Golden Era of television - one being 'The Sopranos' with HBO and now with Netflix expanding that whole HBO concept to the world and making it more of a global thing. It's been wonderful to witness that from those two vantage points. "

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

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" Rock n' roll is a participatory sport. "

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