All Steven Van Zandt Quotes
- I am a reformed Taoist, part-time Buddhist, Hindu, animist, pagan, Jewish mystic, and Christian. I always got along great with priests and rabbis and mullahs… Along
- I was obsessed with politics in the '80s. I've recovered and I'm feeling much better now, thank you. 80s
- The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist. Artist
- Half of the acting I do is actually done by the hair. Acting
- We never understood the concept of people going onstage and giving anything less than 100 percent. Maybe that's a blue-collar work ethic, but I call… Anything Less
- 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. Anytime
- I didn't make that much money... Once I joined Bruce (Springsteen), I took a huge pay cut. Bruce
- Being a rock 'n' roll star ain't a part-time gig. Gig
- Rock'n'roll as a genre is different from pop and hip hop: it is about bands, and that for me suggests brotherhood, family, friendship and community. Band
- We're a little lazy about spirituality in this country. Country
- My lifelong friend and mentor Frank Barsalona is gone. And the music business as we knew it went with him. Business
- Half of the modern world goes back as far as Pearl Jam. The real historians go back to U2. But they need to go back… Black
- The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist. It's a different world without Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix,… Artist
- Within three hours of a disaster event there should be a recon damage assessment of the infrastructure and an educated guess as to the casualties… Assessment
- There is an established tradition of actors directing films that have a particular, personal meaning for them - Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, and… Actor
- The simple fact is we do not live in a democracy. Certainly not the kind our Founding Fathers intended. We live in a corporate dictatorship… Beholden
- 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
- C-17s should be ready to go at various military bases around the world packed with water, food, medical supplies, sleeping bags and tents, all prepared… Air
- Let the wealthier countries and corporations of the world fund an Emergency Organization. Corporations
- The British invasion was the most important event of my life. I was in New Jersey and the night I saw the Beatles changed everything.… Band