Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandt
Steven Van Zandtis an American musician, songwriter, arranger, record producer, actor, and radio disc jockey, who frequently goes by the stage names Little Steven or Miami Steve. He is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin. He has also acted in television dramas such as The Sopranosand Lilyhammer. Van Zandt also had his own solo band called Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul in the 1980s. In 2014, Van Zandt was...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth22 November 1950
CountryUnited States of America
As most of the population suffers through life, barely surviving, disappointed and confused day after day, hopeless, wondering what happened to their strong and beautiful country, it is in the medias power to restore, if not some of our quality of life, at least a bit of our peace of mind.
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.
Ive always considered the government taking one out of every two dollars I earn absolute tyranny.
It's become uncool to play other people's songs, and that's absurd. It has got to change. It's the reason why everything's so mediocre.
Being a rock 'n' roll star ain't a part-time gig.
I didn't make that much money... Once I joined Bruce (Springsteen), I took a huge pay cut.
Anytime you spend six months on a song (Born to Run), there's something not exactly going right. A song should take about three hours.
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.
Half of the acting I do is actually done by the hair.
The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist.
I was obsessed with politics in the '80s. I've recovered and I'm feeling much better now, thank you.
I am a reformed Taoist, part-time Buddhist, Hindu, animist, pagan, Jewish mystic, and Christian. I always got along great with priests and rabbis and mullahs and gurus, even though I spend most of my life constructively criticizing them.
Within three hours of a disaster event there should be a recon damage assessment of the infrastructure and an educated guess as to the casualties and degree of imminent human peril. Then make the airdrops of supplies and personnel. Simultaneously, Seabees would be dropped in, with lights and generators, to begin rescue efforts.
The first rule of rock and roll is it's all about live. Then you have to learn a second craft, which is making records. It should go in that order.