To be honest, ... I think he'd find some of it ridiculous. But maybe, hopefully, he'd be proud of it too.

It affects everything and everybody. They should have some kind of rationing.

And that to me, still, is the exceptional thing about Bruce Springsteen. He writes about ordinary things and ordinary people in an extraordinary way,

I love the smell of fried chicken.

I try to be careful with my persuasiveness. When my heart is really behind it, and when I have no ulterior motive, then I know I'm truly persuasive.

They're a very public team, a team that can easily win the tournament. I'm not predicting winners. I want to put up a number that will draw good two-way action.