Bruce Springsteen

We all have stories we're living and telling ourselves. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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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

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When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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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

#different #everybody #first #first thing #friends

You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it. ↗

— 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 spoken voice is a part of it - not a big part of it, but it's something. It puts people at ease, and once again kind of reaches out and makes a bridge for what's otherwise difficult music. ↗

— 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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The release date is just one day, but the record is forever. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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But I think that your entire life is a process of sorting out some of those early messages that you got. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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