Quotes by Bruce Springsteen

About Bruce Springsteen:

Bruce Springsteen is an American musician, singer, songwriter and humanitarian. He is best known for his work with his E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Boss", Springsteen is widely known for his brand of poetic lyrics, Americana, working-class and sometimes political sentiments centered on his native New Jersey, his distinctive voice and his lengthy and energetic stage performances, with concerts from the 1970s to the present decade running over three hours in length.
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It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people.

Bruce Springsteen

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

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Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are ridiculous.

Bruce Springsteen

In America everything's about who's number one today.

Bruce Springsteen

Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire.

Bruce Springsteen

I was in my late 20s, in the process of shaping my musical outlook and what I wanted it to be about, when I first encountered Woody Guthrie.

Bruce Springsteen

On any given night, what allows me to get to that higher ground is the audience.

Bruce Springsteen

I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter.

Bruce Springsteen

When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image, particularly through the mid '80s.

Bruce Springsteen

I'm not in any rush. I'm not somebody who, if I write a song, I get it out. That's not something I've ever really quite done.

Bruce Springsteen

I don't write demographically. I don't write a song to reach these people or those people.

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I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and I assume people come for the very same reasons as they do when I'm with the band: to be moved, for something to happen to them.

Bruce Springsteen

In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn't that what you always do? Why do kids at 5 years old go into the closet and put their daddy's shoes on? Hey, my kids do it.

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That's what being a front man is all about - the idea of having something supple underneath you, that machine that roars and can turn on a dime.

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I guess my view of America is of a real bighearted country, real compassionate.

Bruce Springsteen

I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.

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I was the only person I'd ever met who had a record contract. None of the E Street Band, as far as I know, had been on an airplane until Columbia sent us to Los Angeles.

Bruce Springsteen

Now everyone dreams of a love faithful and true, But you and I know what this world can do. So let's make our steps clear so the other may see. And I'll wait for you...should I fall behind wait for me.

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Don't run back inside, darlin', you know just what I'm here for. So you're scared and you're thinkin' we ain't that young any more...Show a little faith! There's magic in the night. You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're all right.

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I leave pansies, the symbolic flower of freethought, in memory of the Great Agnostic, , who stood for equality, education, progress, free ideas and free lives, against the superstition and bigotry of religious dogma. We need men like him today more t...

Bruce Springsteen

One problem with the way the educational system is set up is that it only recognizes a certain type of intelligence, and it’s incredibly restrictive - very, very restrictive. There’s so many types of intelligence, and people who would be at their...

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Author Bio

  • NameBruce Springsteen
  • DescriptionAmerican rock singer-songwriter
  • AliasesBruce Springsteen & The E Street Band; The Boss; Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
  • BornSeptember 23, 1949
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionSongwriter; Singer; Guitarist; Singer-songwriter; Composer
  • AwardsMusiCares Person Of The Year; Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame