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. – Bruce Springsteen
There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism. – Bruce Springsteen
Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music. – Bruce Springsteen
For me, I was somebody who was a smart young guy who didnt do very well in school. The basic system of education, I didnt fit in my intelligence was elsewhere. – Bruce Springsteen
I have had lots of friends whove been affected by Aids and a very good friend of mine, Oscar Moore, died of Aids and I was with him in his last year quite a bit. And of course he was a man living in a very rich culture with a wealthy family who was able to afford health care. – Emma Thompson