Steven Van Zandt

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

“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 3...”

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

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

“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.”

“The rock era, as I clock it, went from '65 to '94, from 'Like a Rolling Stone' to Kurt Cobain's death.”

“I played around with the idea of touring with a soul revue, with Smokey Robinson, Sam Moore, Darlene Love, people like that.”

“Every successful person needs to have at least one person in their life who's not afraid of them.”

“I've always been very thematic with my work, very conceptual.”

“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...”