Bruce Springsteen quotes - page 9

If I have a song that I feel is really one of my best songs, I like it to have a formal studio recording because I believe that something being officially released on a studio record gives it a certain authority that it doesn't quite have if it comes out on a live album or is just a part of your show, you know. (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. View quote
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I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of supermarkets, bar mitzvahs, weddings, drive-in theaters. I'd seen it all before I ever walked into a recording studio. View quote
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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. View quote
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The drummer in my first band was killed in Vietnam. He kind of signed up and joined the marines. Bart Hanes was his name. He was one of those guys that was jokin' all the time, always playin' the clown. View quote
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If you listen to the great Beatle records, the earliest ones where the lyrics are incredibly simple. Why are they still beautiful? Well, they're beautifully sung, beautifully played, and the mathematics in them is elegant. They retain their elegance. View quote
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I don't write demographically. I don't write a song to reach these people or those people. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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'Darkness on the Edge of Town' came out of a huge body of work that had tons of very happy songs. View quote
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The name 'Boss' started with people that worked for me... It was not meant like Boss, capital B, it was meant like 'Boss, where's my dough this week?' And it was sort of just a term among friends. I never really liked it. (Bruce Springsteen)
In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass. View quote
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All I try to do is to write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it. View quote
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Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult. Very, very difficult. View quote
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You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above. View quote
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Let's take the good times as they go, and I'll meet you further on up the road... View quote
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You can't start a fire, worryin about your little world fallin apart, this gun's for hire even if we're just dancing in the dark. View quote
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In the day we sweat it out on the streets of a runaway American dream. At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines. Sprung from cages on Highway 9, Chrome-wheeled, fuel-injected And steppin' out over the line. Baby this town rips the bones from your back. It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap. We gotta get out while we're young, 'Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run. View quote
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Trees on fire with the first fall's frost Long black line in front of Holy Cross Blood moon risin' in a sky of black dust Tell me Baby who do you trust? The fuse is burning Shut out the lights The fuse is burning Come on let me do you right. View quote
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This train... Carries saints and sinners. This train... Carries losers and winners. This train... Carries whores and gamblers. This train... Carries lost souls.I said this train... Dreams will not be thwarted. This train... Faith will be rewarded. View quote
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