Somebody who can reckon with the past, who can live with the past in the present, and move towards the future - that's fabulous.
Bruce SpringsteenI heard a political message in rock music. A liberation message. A message of freedom. I heard it in Elvis' voice.
Bruce SpringsteenMy dad was young. He went to work. But he'd been to war. He'd seen some of the world. It wasn't like he was going to be an extensive traveler or something. That didn't seem to be in the nature of - in his nature or in the nature of his parents or many of the folks in my family, really. They were - we had a cousin that went to - off to Brown University. It was like a nuclear explosion took place.
Bruce SpringsteenBasically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when we were dodging getting beaten up ourselves.
Bruce Springsteen