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
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. Bruce Springsteen bookfindlisten share on social
Anyone who's grown up or lived on the Jersey Shore knows the place is unique. Bruce Springsteen growjerseylive Change image and share on social
Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when we were dodging getting beaten up ourselves. Bruce Springsteen basicallybeatdodge Change image and share on social
'Darkness on the Edge of Town' came out of a huge body of work that had tons of very happy songs. Bruce Springsteen bodydarknessedge Change image and share on social
I grew up with a very big extended family, with a lot of aunts. We had about five or six houses on one street. Bruce Springsteen auntbigextend Change image and share on social
We all have stories we're living and telling ourselves. Bruce Springsteen livestorytell Change image and share on social
I don't like to write rhetorically or get on a soapbox. I try to make the stuff multi-layered, so that it always has a life outside its social context. I don't believe that you can tell people anything; you can only draw them in. Bruce Springsteen contextdrawlayer share on social
I've had an experience through music that has touched almost every part of me. It educated me in ways that I didn't get educated in school. So we try to lay on a bit of that, through being funny, being serious, playing hard. Bruce Springsteen biteeducateexperience share on social
