Cause down the shore everything's all right
I know I'm good but I'm also a poser. That's artistic balance! In the second half of the century, "authenticity" would be what you made of it, a hall of mirrors. Put on the work shirt, young man. No b...
You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.
(talking about his father) 230 pounds of nickels in Sears slacks.
There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.
It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company.
I think politics come out of psychology.
Until I realized that rock music was my connection to the rest of the human race, I felt like I was dying, for some reason, and I didn't know why.
Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.
I think I created my particular stage persona out of my dad's life, and perhaps I even built it to suit him to some degree.
Walk tall, or baby don't walk at all.
Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.
I think that is what film and art and music do they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings.
Now everyone dreams of a love faithful and true,But you and I know what this world can do.So let's make our steps clear so the other may see.And I'll wait for you...should I fall behind wait for me.
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.
Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it.
I do a lot of curiosity buying I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination. I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wan...
The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune.
Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny.
Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.