I never felt I had enough personal style to pursue being just a guitarist. Bruce Springsteen feltguitaristpersonal Change image and share on social
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. Bruce Springsteen comfortablycontaininnocence Change image and share on social
After 'Born to Run,' I had a reaction to my good fortune. With success, it felt like a lot of people who'd come before me lost some essential part of themselves. My greatest fear was that success was going to change or diminish that part of myself. Bruce Springsteen bearchangediminish share on social
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 Springsteen fabulousfuturelive Change image and share on social
The E Street band casts a pretty wide net. Our influences go all the way back to the early primitive garage music, and also, we've had everything in the band from jazz players to Kansas City trumpet players to Nils Lofgren, one of the great rock guitarists in the world. Bruce Springsteen backbandcast share on social
I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of supermarkets, bar mitzvahs, weddings, drive-in theaters. I'd seen it all before I ever walked into a recording studio. Bruce Springsteen audienceballbar share on social
The release date is just one day, but the record is forever. Bruce Springsteen datedayforever Change image and share on social
My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that. Bruce Springsteen bandbarebone share on social
I was the only person I'd ever met who had a record contract. None of the E Street Band, as far as I know, had been on an airplane until Columbia sent us to Los Angeles. Bruce Springsteen airplaneangelesband Change image and share on social
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. Bruce Springsteen chancecivilclarify Change image and share on social
