Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

Netflix completely shook up the world.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

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.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

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

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

I am interested in the interaction of a group of people who have a common goal, or a common obsession, each contributing something unique to make something greater than the sum of its parts. I don't know why, but from day one, that has interested me.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

Being a rock n' roll star ain't a part-time gig.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

I was obsessed with politics in the '80s. I've recovered and I'm feeling much better now, thank you.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

I did 10 years on 'Sopranos,' but the whole craft of acting is relatively new to me. I'm still learning that, and I'll be learning that forever.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

Boycotts are not something to be taken lightly.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

Once Johnny Cash and Waylon Jennings are not cool on country radio, it's time for a new format.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

Before Dylan, before rock became art, it was a wonderful fusion of pop structure and personal statements.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

The River,' to me, meant 43 songs.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

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.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

My father was an ex-Marine Goldwater Republican.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

It's so liberating to play a song in front of 50,000 people that you've never played before. Not something you played a long time ago and have forgotten: Never. Played. Before. There's something magical about it.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

Little Richard opens his mouth, and out comes liberation.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

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

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

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

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

I tend to personally judge issue by issue rather than sort of endorsing this football-team mentality that we fall into in this country, where it's all about the team.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

I learned a lot from Bruce Springsteen and David Chase.

Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt

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