Your success story is a bigger story than whatever youre trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesnt make living easier. – Bruce Springsteen
But then I go through long periods where I dont listen to things, usually when Im 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
There is a real patriotism underneath the best of my music but it is a critical, questioning and often angry patriotism. – Bruce Springsteen
Some of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music youve ever heard. – Bruce Springsteen
But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out. – Eduard Shevardnadze