I always write with an audience in mind. If I feel that [connection] coming back at me then I feel like I'm doing my job. That's why people come to my music - for some emotional experience or a perspective, either on their own lives, or on the world that they're living in.
Bruce SpringsteenEvery song has a piece of you in it, because just general regret, love. You have to basically zero in on the truth of those particular emotions.
Bruce SpringsteenI had tried to go to college, and I didn't really fit in. I went to a real narrow-minded school where people gave me a lot of trouble, and I was hounded off the campus - I just looked different and acted different, so I left school.
Bruce SpringsteenI had no credit cards. I had no checks. I was cash only until I was probably 30 years old.
Bruce Springsteen