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 SpringsteenYour spoken voice is a part of it - not a big part of it, but it's something. It puts people at ease, and once again kind of reaches out and makes a bridge for what's otherwise difficult music.
Bruce SpringsteenThe poets down here don't write nothin' at all, they just stand back and let it all be.
Bruce SpringsteenIt's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company.
Bruce Springsteen