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Steven Van Zandt
American
Musician
Born:
Nov 22
,
1950
Band
Me
People
Time
World
You
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Where do I begin with 'The Godfather?' It's like explaining why the 'Bible' is so popular. I'll always remember seeing the first one because it was the only time I went to the movies with my grandfather.
Steven Van Zandt
Time
Bible
Remember
First
Seeing
Only
Only Time
Like
First One
Because
Always
Begin
Godfather
Where
Explaining
Movies
Grandfather
Popular
Why
In my mind, it's always easier to do a sequel than an original.
Steven Van Zandt
Mind
Easier
Always
Than
Sequel
Original
I have very little interest in the modern world, and I'm not in any way conflicted about that.
Steven Van Zandt
World
Way
About
Very
Modern
Any
Interest
Modern World
Little
I've always been very thematic with my work, very conceptual.
Steven Van Zandt
Work
Conceptual
Always
Been
Very
Thematic
I don't wake up every day and just write to write. I only write with purpose.
Steven Van Zandt
Day
Every Day
Wake Up
Every
Only
Purpose
Write
Wake
Up
Just
You want everybody to like your work, but when you look at what's fashionable or trendy, it's pretty obvious that I don't exactly fit.
Steven Van Zandt
Work
You
Everybody
Trendy
Exactly
Pretty
Like
Look
Obvious
Fit
Want
Your
Fashionable
I didn't care about anything expect rock & roll. So it's nice that it turned out to be something that you find a way to make a living from.
Steven Van Zandt
You
Care
Nice
Living
Way
Out
Find
About
Something
Make
Rock
Expect
Roll
Anything
Turned
I had the wonderful good luck of having Jimmy Gandolfini as my mentor and David Chase as my godfather, two of the most talented guys in the history of television.
Steven Van Zandt
Good
History
Wonderful
Luck
Good Luck
Jimmy
Television
Guys
Having
Chase
Mentor
David
Had
Talented
Most
Godfather
The History Of
Two
As an actor just learning the craft, you literally do a scene with Jimmy Gandolfini, and you walk away a better actor.
Steven Van Zandt
You
Learning
Better
Walk
Jimmy
Scene
Better Actor
Craft
Just
Literally
Actor
Away
I met all my heroes on the oldies circuit: Gary U.S. Bonds, Lloyd Price, Little Richard.
Steven Van Zandt
Heroes
Met
Circuit
Price
Little
Richard
Little Richard
Oldies
Gary
Bonds
To walk into a studio, for me, is just like walking onto a beach or something.
Steven Van Zandt
Me
Walk
Beach
Something
Onto
Studio
Like
Walking
Just
I tell everybody, if you've got a band that works, it's a miracle. It's never going to be perfect, but if it works on some level, hold on to it with both hands and don't ever let it go.
Steven Van Zandt
You
Band
Everybody
Tell
Some
Miracle
Both
Perfect
Never
Got
Go
Hands
Going
Hold
Works
Ever
Level
Bands should never break up.
Steven Van Zandt
Never
Up
Bands
Break
Break Up
Should
This conversation with the audience has been going on since, what, '72, '73... Sometimes it's like a conversation after dinner with friends. You're in a restaurant, and you got there at 8 o'clock. Suddenly, you realize it's midnight. Where did the time go? You're enjoying the conversation. It's sort of a natural, organic conversation.
Steven Van Zandt
Time
You
Conversation
Natural
Sometimes
Dinner
Organic
Has-Been
Restaurant
Since
Like
Sort
Audience
Got
Go
Been
Friends
Did
Going
Where
After
Midnight
Realize
Suddenly
Enjoying
Primal Scream could be the biggest band in the world. They are fantastic when they make rock records - once every 10 years.
Steven Van Zandt
World
Band
Every
Once
Records
Could
Primal
Make
Rock
Years
Scream
Biggest
Fantastic
They legislate fatherhood in Norway. It's not an option. That's a shocking thing to us in America.
Steven Van Zandt
Fatherhood
Shocking
Option
America
Legislate
Norway
Us
Thing
I learned a lot from Bruce Springsteen and David Chase.
Steven Van Zandt
Bruce
Bruce Springsteen
Chase
David
Learned
Springsteen
Lot
Stevie Van Zandt could not walk on to a set and act. I don't know how actors do that! It's the scariest thing in the world.
Steven Van Zandt
World
Walk
Van
Scariest
Could
Know
Stevie
How
Act
Actor
Thing
Set
Boycotts are not something to be taken lightly.
Steven Van Zandt
Something
Taken
Lightly
Boycott
Politics, in general, when you're trying to change the world for the better in any kind of way, no matter how small or how big, it's inches.
Steven Van Zandt
Politics
You
Change
World
Better
Matter
Big
Change The World
Way
Kind
General
Small
How
Trying
Any
Inches
I did nothing but international liberation politics for ten years, and usually it was like, you gain an inch, you lose a half an inch. It's slow going, man.
Steven Van Zandt
Politics
You
Man
Slow
Half
Lose
Nothing
Liberation
Ten
Ten Years
Like
Years
Did
Going
Gain
Inch
International
I was 100 percent political in the '80s - the first time around, let's call it, my first life as an artist.
Steven Van Zandt
Life
Time
Political
First
Percent
Call
Around
First Time
Artist
It's a challenge every year with a TV series. You want to keep evolving and keep it going. That's part of the fun.
Steven Van Zandt
You
Challenge
Year
Every
TV
Evolving
TV Series
Part
Going
Want
Fun
Series
Keep
I was very lucky with 'The Sopranos.'
Steven Van Zandt
Sopranos
Very
The Sopranos
Lucky
For me, it all comes down to one issue: if we can get money out of political systems, the whole world will change.
Steven Van Zandt
Me
Change
World
Money
Political
Will
Down
Out
Systems
Issue
Get
Political Systems
Whole
For those who are familiar with my work, 'Soulfire' is a return to how most people identify me, which is that soul-meets-rock thing.
Steven Van Zandt
Work
Me
People
Those
Most
Identify
Return
How
Familiar
Which
Who
Thing
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