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Every good writer or filmmaker has something eating at them, right? That they can't quite get off their back . And so your job is to make your audience care about your obsessions. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#audience #back #care #eating #every

But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#between #books #find #go #i

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

#i #i always #know #lifetime #musician

I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#american dream #between #distance #dream #i

I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and leave our kids. I'm interested in trying to define what that country is. I got the chutzpa or whatever you want to say to believe that if I write a really good about it, it's going to make a difference. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#america #believe #country #define #difference

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

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

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

#growing up #guitar #house #i #me

Yeah, my son likes a lot of guitar bands. He gave me something the other day which was really good. He'll burn a CD for me full of things that he has, so he's a pretty good call if I want to check some of that stuff out... The other two aren't quite into that yet. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#burn #call #cd #check #day

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

#cracking #folks #get #point #society