Stevie Van Zandt: Self-Discovery, Activism, and Rock & Roll

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Chase Jarvis

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4.8 • 641 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Musician, actor, journalist, political activist, philanthropist and, now, book author. Stevie Van Zandt is a lot more than Bruce Springsteen’s legendary E-Street Band guitarist, and much more than The Sopranos’ Silvio Dante.

In today’s episode, Stevie takes us through how a self-assured, Catholic New Jersey kid ended up first performing on the world’s biggest rock’n’roll stages, then fighting against apartheid in South Africa, and eventually starring in one of the most successful TV series of all time.

Some highlights from our conversation:

If you want to change your career, make sure you have something good to fall back on.
Having success later in life often means that you get to enjoy it more – and are better at what you do.
In life, you don’t need to pick whether to lead or to be a leader: you can be both a good soldier and a good boss.
Creating content and marketing that content are two faces of the same coin – being good at both leads you to success.

Stevie’s first book, the memoir Unrequited Infatuations, is out now in hardcover, e-book, and audio.

Enjoy!

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, what's up? It's Chase. Welcome to another episode of the Chase Jarvis Live
0:08.1	here on Creative Live. You know the show where I sit down with amazing humans and I unpack their
0:12.3	brains with the goal of helping you live your dreams and career, hobby, and life. And our
0:16.1	incredible guest today is Mr. Stevie Van Zant. You are familiar with Stevie because you're familiar with Bruce Springsteen
0:22.6	and the E Street Band. Well, Stevie is a member of the East Street Band. He's been inducted into the
0:27.4	Music Hall of Fame. He's also an author of a new book called Unrequited Infatuations. He chronicles
0:34.1	trading his Baptist faith for a life of rock and roll, creative risk-taking,
0:39.0	and principled rebellion.
0:41.0	Of course, we talk about the book, but so much more in the huge life that is Stevie Van Sant.
0:46.3	You're going to enjoy this conversation.
0:48.3	Creativity, entrepreneurship, going against the tide, trusting your gut.
0:52.4	It's all in this episode and more.
0:53.8	I'll get out of the way
0:54.5	and enjoy this conversation with mr stevie van sands one of the most powerful messages that
1:00.1	you can hear are the three words it is possible whatever your thing is whether it's it's music
1:07.4	fine art filmmaking building a, non-profit work.
1:11.7	You can build a living and more importantly, a life around that thing.
1:16.4	Now, one of the most often overlooked aspects of success here, not to mention a well-lived
1:21.3	life, is acquiring those skills.
1:24.6	That's why more than 10 years ago, I founded CreativeLive.com. This is the world's
1:29.9	largest and best platform for creative and entrepreneurial education, bar none. That's the reason
1:34.9	that I'm on my soapbox right now is because I believe so deeply in it. This is where, again,
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