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They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time. ↗

— Rick Springfield

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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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Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music. ↗

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

— Bruce Springsteen

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I feel your scorn, and I accept it. ↗

— Jon Stewart

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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

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From the beginning, I imagined I would have a long work life. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and I assume people come for the very same reasons as they do when I'm with the band: to be moved, for something to happen to them. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

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