Bruce Springsteen

If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up and clean the toilets after the show in order to play, I probably would have done it. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#clean #done #had #i #janitor

If you're good, you're always looking over your shoulder. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#good #looking #over #shoulder #you

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

— Bruce Springsteen

#america #everything #number #today #who

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

#between #each #fire #lights #optimism

Talk about a dream, try to make it real. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#dream #make #real #talk #try

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

#also #audiences #band #being #history

The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#essentially #face #momentarily #music #provide

There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#best #critical #music #often #patriotism

This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#lasts #live #me #moment #music

Until I realized that rock music was my connection to the rest of the human race, I felt like I was dying, for some reason, and I didn't know why. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#dying #felt #human #human race #i