American musician (1949- )
Now I know your mama she don't like me 'cause I play in a rock and roll band.
And I know your daddy he don't dig me but he never did understand.
Papa lowered the boom, he locked you in your room;
I'm comin' to lend a hand.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"
The wise men were all fools, what to do?
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Last to Die", Magic
Then I got Mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote.
And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat.
We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"The River"
These days we don't have to go out and play 150 shows every time the band comes together. You can go out and play 20 shows, if you have something to do -- or if you just feel like it. We're no longer bound by the previous rules of, "You've gotta have a record, then you've gotta go out and tour for two years...." I don't think we have to do that anymore at this point.... You know, you can get the band together and play a few dates -- with an idea behind it, and something that you think the fans might get a kick out of. We'll play the record start to finish, and then we'll play some of the special outtakes that are there, and we'll play some favorites, and it should be a nice night.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
interview, Backstreets, December 10, 2015
Well now you say you've found another man who does things to you that I can't,
And that no matter what I do it's all over now between me and you girl.
But I can't believe what you say;
No I can't believe what you say 'cause baby
I don't wanna fade away.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Fade Away", The River
Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Q Magazine, August, 1992
You ride in a limousine the first time, it's a big thrill but after that it's just a stupid car.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Bruce Springsteen Talking
Can't see nothin' in front of me;
Can't see nothin' coming up behind.
I make my way through this darkness;
I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me.
Lost track of how far I've gone,
How far I've gone, how high I've climbed.
On my back's a sixty pound stone,
On my shoulder a half mile line.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"The Rising"
Your producer is always your first audience.... He's the first guy you play the song for, he's the first guy you are seducing with the music that you've written -- you're trying to get him excited about what he thinks he can do with it -- and then it just, you know, it just starts to become cumulatively explosive, you know.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
interview, NPR, January 15, 2014
Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Q Magazine, August 1992
This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Time Magazine, October 27, 1975
Better ask questions before you shoot,
Deceit and betrayal's bitter fruit.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Lonesome Day", The Rising
It's a fairytale so tragic,
There's no prince to break the spell.
I don't believe in magic,
But for you I will, for you I will.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
"Countin' on a Miracle", The Rising