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“I didn't make that much money... Once I joined Bruce (Springsteen), I took a huge pay cut.”

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Steven Van Zandt (born November 22, 1950) is an American musician, actor, producer, and activist. He is best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, and for his role as Silvio Dante on the HBO series The Sopranos. Van Zandt also founded the band Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul and hosts the radio show Little Steven's Underground Garage. He has been actively involved in social causes, including the anti-apartheid movement, and promotes rock music education. more

“I practice really hard, every day. I started that about 13 or 14 years ago; it's a discipline now. But the writing is a whole other thing. It'll come from handling a guitar, mostly; thinking up little guitar riffs. I was born and raised a rock 'n' roll guy, and that's the rock 'n' roll ethic, at least through my experience.”

Thinking Writing Years Littles Hard Whole Guy Born Practice Rocks Discipline Ethics Years Ago Raised Guitar Rock N Roll Born And Raised

Author:John Fogerty

“A girl can't sing rock & roll too well. It's basically too savage.”

Wells Girl Rocks Savages

Author:Connie Francis

“People think they know me from my songs. But my repertoire of songs is so wide-ranging that you'd have to be a madman to figure out the characteristics of the person who wrote all those songs.”

People Thinking Knows Persons Song Figures Wide Characteristics Know Me Madmen

Author:Bob Dylan

“It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm and blues...It's called rock now.”

Used Rocks Used To Be Rhythm Boogie Rhythm And Blues

Author:Chuck Berry

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