I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and I assume people come for the very same reasons as they do when I'm with the band: to be moved, for something to happen to them.

It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people.

You ask for your audience's investment in your music; you're in a relationship with them. And their relationship with the E Street Band is separate from whatever else I might do. I like the idea of us being something that people rely on.

I'm always in search of something, in search of losing myself to the music.

All I try to do is to write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.

Shakespeare feels very natural to me.