That's what being a front man is all about - the idea of having something supple underneath you, that machine that roars and can turn on a dime.

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.

There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.

When you start talking about elections being rigged, you're pushing people beyond democratic governance. And it's a very, very dangerous thing to do.

The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

I can sing very comfortably from my vantage point because a lot of the music was about a loss of innocence, there's innocence contained in you but there's also innocence in the process of being lost.