#up

I was in a band when I was 15. We were a glam band. Then I couldn't afford to buy makeup. At the time that was the thing. ↗

— Layne Staley

#band #buy #glam #i #makeup

I can't imagine that anybody is as screwed up as I am. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#anybody #i #i am #imagine #screwed

I was a happy kid up until I hit the teen years. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#hit #i #kid #teen #teen years

There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#girl #guys #i #john #john lennon

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 have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off, so that's a big part of it. Also, I like to get up onstage and behave insanely or express myself physically, and the band can get pretty silly. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#band #behave #big #enjoy #express

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

My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#band #bare #bones #could #couple

Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#between #each #fire #lights #optimism

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