The name 'Boss' started with people that worked for me... It was not meant like Boss, capital B, it was meant like 'Boss, where's my dough this week?' And it was sort of just a term among friends. I never really liked it. Bruce Springsteen boscapitaldough share on social
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. Bruce Springsteen basiceducationfit Change image and share on social
Talk about a dream, try to make it real. Bruce Springsteen dreammakereal Change image and share on social
For an adult, the world is constantly trying to clamp down on itself. Routine, responsibility, decay of institutions, corruption: this is all the world closing in. Bruce Springsteen adultclampclose Change image and share on social
I had a ten-piece band when I was 21 years old, the Bruce Springsteen Band. This is just a slightly expanded version of a band I had before I ever signed a record contract. We had singers and horns. Bruce Springsteen bandbrucecontract Change image and share on social
I think you can get to a point where nihilism, if that's the right word, is overwhelming, and the basic laws that society has set up - either religious or social laws - become meaningless. Bruce Springsteen basiclawmeaningless Change image and share on social
The Jersey Shore is the kind of place where the policeman has a little cottage that might have been in the family for years and many other people call home. Bruce Springsteen callcottagefamily Change image and share on social
You need two things to remain very, very present. You need to continue to write well and engage yourself in the issues of the day. And you have to continue to make good, relevant records. Bruce Springsteen continuedayengage Change image and share on social
In the third grade, a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that's where I belonged. I also had the distinction of being the only altar boy knocked down by a priest during mass. Bruce Springsteen altarbelongboy share on social
The drummer in my first band was killed in Vietnam. He kind of signed up and joined the marines. Bart Hanes was his name. He was one of those guys that was jokin' all the time, always playin' the clown. Bruce Springsteen bandbartclown share on social
