The best thing about the E Street Band was we had the best lead singer around.

I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He's the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I've ever seen. I like to be around people like that.

I have been very lucky to find something I am good at and can make money at... Playing with Bruce was the embodiment of everything that a little kid could dream about.

I was a really crazy kid. I'm still a crazy kid. That's the nice thing about being in a rock band. You can feel 14 forever.

My basic political posture is "what a shame the human race did this to earth." What we have done environmentally, politically, culturally.

All I ever wanted to do was play the drums; I felt good about myself when I played the drums. So I worked anywhere and everywhere I could lug my drums in.

Cynicism, like gullibility, is a symptom of underdeveloped critical faculties.

When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes.

Don't get me wrong, I admire elegance and have an appreciation of the finer things in life. But to me, beauty lies in simplicity.

I'm a morning person, really alert.

It's not rocket science to make a movie.

Jesus has prepared not just one Host, but one for everyday of our life. The Hosts for us are ready. Let us not forfeit even one of them

I have not forgotten that you can see the world through pieces of coloured glass.

Self-censorship, whether known or unknown, is an unwelcome brake on creativity; it stifles self-expression and hence prevents a work from reaching the heights of great art.

George W. Bush has exhibited hostility to science that no other president has ever displayed.

It's bliss when you give up all that stuff that separates you from other human beings. It's hard, but you break down all that stuff.