Steven Van Zandt Quotes - Page 2

You gotta love everything you do. You just gotta do it.

I'm not pretending to be an academic, or to have this down to a science. It's strictly my taste. But there is a connection between everything I play and the sets I put together.

I think it's important that all 50 years of rock 'n' roll live in the same place, because it's all connected.

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, immediate reconnaissance, and urgent execution of rescue and relief efforts around the world.

There is an established tradition of actors directing films that have a particular, personal meaning for them - Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, and most recently George Clooney to name a few. Remarkably, their films share an unusually high percentage of being very good.

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. I had seen Elvis before and he had done nothing for me, but these guys were in a band.

Ive always considered the government taking one out of every two dollars I earn absolute tyranny.

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 it just ethics.

I know what it takes to make a band, how they should interact, what makes a record sound like it's a band - everything having to do with a band, I happen to be into.

Like most people, I've always felt using words like 'best' when applied to art is a fun way for critics to stay busy at the end of the year, and I guess a good way to help get ratings for awards shows, which is fine.

You think your congressman is working all day to get you a job? He may want to. He or she is probably not a bad person. They probably want to do the right thing. But they can't.

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

Being a rock 'n' roll star ain't a part-time gig.

Rock music had become my religion. Radio my church. And these DJs my priests, rabbis and gurus.

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

I'd never go onstage in my life without fully intending to do the best show you've ever seen.

I was obsessed with politics in the '80s. I've recovered and I'm feeling much better now, thank you.

We're a little lazy about spirituality in this country.

Let the wealthier countries and corporations of the world fund an Emergency Organization.