Song Quotes by Steven Van Zandt

16 Song quotes by Steven Van Zandt

From the stage to the studio, Steven Van Zandt’s 16 song‑centric comments echo his deep roots in rock lore. They provide a concise yet vivid sense of why certain tracks resonate so strongly for him.

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Rock n' roll is a participatory sport.

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Bands should never break up.

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Enuff Z'nuff is one of the most underrated bands in the world!

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I need a big picture. I can't just do a collection of songs; that doesn't work for me.

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I was in the back of the car with my girlfriend, the Rascals came on the radio and I realized their song…

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I tell everybody, if you've got a band that works, it's a miracle. It's never going to be perfect, but if it…

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It's become uncool to play other people's songs, and that's absurd. It has got to change. It's the reason why everything's so…

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Anytime you spend six months on a song (Born to Run), there's something not exactly going right. A song should take about…

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There are... certainly more innovations on 'Revolver'... but the truth of the matter is 'Sgt. Pepper' has something that was just completely…

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I'm not pretending to be an academic, or to have this down to a science. It's strictly my taste. But there is…

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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…

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The first rule of rock and roll is it's all about live. Then you have to learn a second craft, which is…

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'Soulfire' is a collection of stuff I've done in the past. Each song is an element of who I am: There's a…

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Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It's like a highly specialized…

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Primal Scream could be the biggest band in the world. They are fantastic when they make rock records - once every 10 years.

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Rock 'n' roll is a participatory sport. It ain't passive. It ain't TV. Go out there and rock 'n' roll and dance…

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'Sopranos' was a fascinating moment, just catching our whole culture by surprise, a fun ride to be on while I'm learning the craft.

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I've always had a reluctance to meet my heroes.

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Every successful person needs to have at least one person in their life who's not afraid of them.

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I think I'm one of the few people who have experienced New Jersey becoming fashionable twice in a lifetime.

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

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Anytime you spend six months on a song (Born to Run), there's something not exactly going right. A song should take about three hours.

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My lifelong friend and mentor Frank Barsalona is gone. And the music business as we knew it went with him.

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I was 100 percent political in the '80s - the first time around, let's call it, my first life as an artist.

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I didn't care about anything expect rock & roll. So it's nice that it turned out to be something that you find a way…

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I was a gambler when I was a kid, so when we got to Las Vegas, it was like Mecca.

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The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist.

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You can trace the E Street Band directly back to the Rascals.

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