Top 108 Quotes by Bruce Springsteen

I was real good at music and real bad at everything else.

But the star thing I can live with. The music I can't live without. And that's how it lays out for me, you know. I got as big an ego and enjoy the attention.

And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

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.

Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the gay stereotypes are ridiculous.

The first thing that I do when I come out every night is to look at the faces in front of me, very individually.

I have to write and play. If I became an electrician tomorrow, I'd still come home at night and write songs.

You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it.

I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter.