"Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time."

"It is amazing to hear grown-up people rationalize homophobia and discrimination. The lengths they go to trying to prove their points take reason to its breaking point."

"I am not immune to the lure of a signed record, flier or set list. The fact that your music heroes potentially had, in their own hands, the record you now have in yours is kind of cool. When the musician has departed, it can give the thing a unique power."

"Now and then, someone is able to look at an empty space, conclude it would be a great place to start a revolution, and bravely go forward."

"When a young non-white male is stopped and searched at the whim of a police officer, his idea of personal space, privacy and self esteem are shattered, to say nothing of his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment protections. The damage goes deep quickly and stays. Stop & frisk, as well as a tactic, is also an incitement."

"I think self-reliance and self-responsibility and self-accountability will help you as a parent, a teacher, as a citizen as a friend."

"A lot of Americans don't have a passport, never will have a passport. Not only will they not travel, they don't want to travel."

"For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes."

"I don't mind The Boss. I think he's an honest guy. I have some of his records, not all of them. I've met a couple of the E-Street guys, and they seem really cool."

"In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record."

"As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me."

"I used to love youI still doSo SelfishI love the old youThe you that didnt shoot drugs...The you that didnt get beat on by menYou laugh in my face and call me a foolBut its trueI still love youSometimes,I can see the old youWhen your eyes flashWhen you almost look alive."

"I find it takes a lot of strength to endure myself."

"So, one way or another, I found myself in a few movies. I take it seriously when I'm on the set, but I don't take myself seriously as an actor."

"I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place."

"This is my 25th year of being on stage. A lot of people who I kind of toed up to the starting line with are no longer in this position. I feel very, very lucky."

"I get along with Australians really well. Everyone's usually really cool, and it's always a drag to leave."

"The first several years of my life were used to upload incredible amounts of fear, and I just became afraid of everything. I was afraid of my parents, afraid of my classmates, afraid of the streets of Washington, D.C. I would flinch at every gesture."

"Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on."

"War is very sad and small life is pathetically fragile at times."

"I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine."

"I think to myself: I don't want to survive this oneI want to burn up in the wreckage."

"I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does."

"Everything you do makes my body scream with loneliness. When I see you, the room swallows me. I find myself at the bottom of the pool."

"I think the U.K. is an amazing place and has been extremely good to me. Some of my favorite and most-listened-to bands are from England. I have met many good people there and have been in front of some of the most loyal audiences I have ever encountered."

"There is nothing like being told to go fuck yourself by the same person who was, only days before, praying on your behalf."

"I can deal with people who watch me on stage but I am not good in communicating with people any other way than through my work."

"We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success."

"The history of apartheid-era South Africa is incredibly sad and at times infuriatingly incomprehensible."

"I think young people should travel and travel often to other countries... like I do."

"I once asked Ozzy Osbourne, truly one of my favorite people in the world, if he was cool with singing Black Sabbath songs year after year, whether he was performing with Black Sabbath or out on a solo tour. He said it was great."