I found out how great the E Street Band is. The reality of a band that you can't scoop aside, can't put in a corner.

In the mental calmness of a spiritual life, I have found that the answers to the whys in our lives are able to come to you. In my music I find the same thing.

I'll never be rude to another news person. It's a tough job, a thankless job. You really have to get out there and grovel to get your story.

When you die, we go back to the white energy of all the white energy: white heat that's flung against the sky and becomes a star.

When you learn a Bruce Springsteen song, it's like learning to ride a bike. You don't forget it.

As a horn player, the greatest compliment one can get is when a person comes to you and says, 'I heard this saxophone on the radio the other day and I knew it was you. I don't know the song, but I know it was you on sax.'