23 quotes by Bruce Springsteen

“I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“For me, I was somebody who was a smart young guy who didn't do very well in school. The basic system of education, I didn't fit in my intelligence was elsewhere.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“My image had always been very heterosexual, very straight. So it was a nice experience for me, a chance to clarify my own feelings about gay and lesbian civil rights.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally - with your family, your lover, your wife, and, at a certain point, with your children.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“I do a lot of curiosity buying I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination. I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“I do a lot of curiosity buying I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“Some of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music you've ever heard.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“I can sing very comfortably from my vantage point because a lot of the music was about a loss of innocence, there's innocence contained in you but there's also innocence in the process of being lost.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“I think that is what film and art and music do they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“I think politics come out of psychology.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing, and I always also believed that it released the audience.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.” — Bruce Springsteen

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“Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.” — Bruce Springsteen

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