It's love. It's two men - two strong, very virile men - finding that space in life where they can let go enough of their masculinity to feel the passion of love and respect and trust. Friendships are based on those things, and you seal it with a kiss.

I know that one day I'm going to die. I want to accomplish as much as I can before I do.

God will give you no more than you can handle.

Of all the surgeries I've had, there's not much left to operate on. I am totally bionic.

I didn't think I'd ever be a Michael Jackson fan. But... watching him move, watching him dance, is so encouraging for me. Because, in my mind, I can do all that stuff.

I hung out in the Baltimore area a lot. My biggest memory was playing football against Morgan. That was, like, 'Forget about it,' that was a really big thing. They used to kick our butts all the time.

I always had this vision of what I wanted to do in life.

Going through all of this physical stuff, it's been a tough job. But I've loved every second of my life.

Through all the hardships and all the operations and all the hospitals, all that stuff each part of my life, there's been some goodness, some greatness that comes in here and helps me to be strong, to continue what I'm doing.

How many ways can you cut a steak? How many ways can a chord go? I've been in this business so long, I know how to cut it.

I've been pretty blessed. Sometimes it comes in disguise.

It takes a village to run the Big Man - a village of doctors.

The age thing is just a number.

I'm always in the market for my acting.

Death is not just the end, it's the beginning.

I couldn't really trust anyone. Not completely.

Tell-all books are boring.

What you did, nobody wants to know about it, unless you did something exciting.

The Philadelphia audiences, they're like our home crowd.

It's sad to see these old buildings go because they have so many memories, and it's a real personal kind of thing when you play these places. It's part of our history just gone.

Of course, you get exhausted. You want to pass out. I came close a couple of times. But you're filled with something, that feedback that comes from the audience.

When you go backstage at a Bruce Springsteen show, you don't see a circus.

We had to play both ways on the field, so I was offensive center and defensive end.

Everybody calls me Big Man.

The night before a show, I don't sleep. Really. I've been doing this for 30 years, and the night before a show, I still don't sleep.

I visualize what I do before I do it. Visualizing makes me better.

I never thought I'd be a, quote, 'rock & roll star.'

I'm a Gaga-ite.

To me, music is a river. I have lived my life beside the river. Every day, I get up and look at the river. I watch it and notice when it rises and falls.

Asbury Park's a special place for me. It's where I really began playing.