Bruce Springsteen

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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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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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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It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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

— Bruce Springsteen

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When it comes to luck, you make your own. ↗

— 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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The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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