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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

#audience #consistency #demands #getting #hard

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

— Bruce Springsteen

#certainly #forefront #music #tolerance #were

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

— Bruce Springsteen

#because #comfortable #felt #generally #i

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

— Bruce Springsteen

#folk #i #like #narrative #part

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

— Bruce Springsteen

#luck #make #own #you #your

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

#education #elsewhere #fit #guy #i

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

#always #been #chance #civil #civil rights

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

— Bruce Springsteen

#essentially #face #music #provide #something

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

I feel your scorn, and I accept it. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#humor