“The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.”
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“I think politics come out of psychology.”
PoliticsAll Quotes by Bruce Springsteen
“But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find.”
Movies“I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally - with your family, your lover, your wife, and, at a certain point, with your children.”
Family“You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a cracking point where a society collapses.”
Society“Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning in rock music - look at Little Richard. It was a part of the whole thing, and I always also believed that it released the audience.”
Respect“Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.”
Faith“I do a lot of curiosity buying I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination.”
Imagination“Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.”
Success“I think that is what film and art and music do they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings.”
Music“I think politics come out of psychology.”
Politics“Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.”
Music“My image had always been very heterosexual, very straight. So it was a nice experience for me, a chance to clarify my own feelings about gay and lesbian civil rights.”
Experience“Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long period of time.”
Time“Some of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music you've ever heard.”
Music“It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand the company.”
Sad“I do a lot of curiosity buying I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination. I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.”
Imagination“And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.”
Music“For me, I was somebody who was a smart young guy who didn't do very well in school. The basic system of education, I didn't fit in my intelligence was elsewhere.”
Education“I can sing very comfortably from my vantage point because a lot of the music was about a loss of innocence, there's innocence contained in you but there's also innocence in the process of being lost.”
Music“I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.”
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