Bruce Springsteen

I suppose when you do it correctly, a good introduction and a good outro makes the song feel like it's coming out of something and then evolving into something. ”

When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar. ”

For me, I was somebody who was a smart young guy who didn't do very well in school. The basic system of education, I didn't fit in; my intelligence was elsewhere. ”

There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism. ”

Somebody who can reckon with the past, who can live with the past in the present, and move towards the future - that's fabulous. ”

In the past, some of the songs that were the most fun, and the most entertaining and rocking, fell by the wayside because I was concerned with what I was going to say and how I was going to say it. ”

My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that. ”

I think you have a limited amount of impact as an entertainer, performer, or musician. ”

An outgrowth of having a long career is that I have a lot of interesting things around that I get to revisit, and someday get to the place where they become something that I want to do next. ”

Anyone who's grown up or lived on the Jersey Shore knows the place is unique. ”