When I was young, it was sort of built to intimidate. Even on this very local level in this very small church in this small town, it still held that sort of - held you in the palm of its darkness.
Bruce SpringsteenBeing an artist is this kind of occupation in which you have to make people care about your obsession.
Bruce SpringsteenA pop song is a condensed version of a life in three minutes, whereas, when you go to write your prose, you have to find the rhythm in your words, and you have to find the rhythm in the voice that you have found and the way you're speaking.
Bruce SpringsteenBut I think that your entire life is a process of sorting out some of those early messages that you got.
Bruce Springsteen