I would rather feel the hurt inside, yes I would darling, than know the emptiness that your heart must hide. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“Meaningless distraction drains you of the energy you should be placing into more serious things or using to simply enjoy the rewards… — Bruce Springsteen Distraction Copy Share Image
Jack the Rabbit and Weak Knee Willie, you know they're gonna be there. Sloppy Sue and Big Bones Billy, they'll be coming… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“Will you walk with me out on the wire, cuz baby, I'm just a scared and lonely rider, but I gotta know… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
There's people that get a chance to do the kind of work that changes the world, and make things really different. And… — Bruce Springsteen Chance Copy Share Image
You can't have a United States if you are telling some folks that they can't get on the train. There is a… — Bruce Springsteen Fitness Copy Share Image
There have been a lotta tough guys. There have been pretenders. And there have been contenders. But there is only one king. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
A pop song is a condensed version of a life in three minutes, whereas, when you go to write your prose, you… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Work creates an enormous sense of self and I saw that in my mother. She was an enormous, towering figure to me… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Think of it this way: performing is like sprinting while screaming for three, four minutes. And then you do it again. And… — Bruce Springsteen Adrenaline Copy Share Image
“One problem with the way the educational system is set up is that it only recognizes a certain type of intelligence, and… — Bruce Springsteen Education Copy Share Image
But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and… — Bruce Springsteen Books Copy Share Image
The moment you begin to depend on audience reaction, you're doing the wrong thing. You're doin' it wrong, it's a mistake, it's… — Bruce Springsteen Audience Copy Share Image
When you're onstage you have a certain faith that somebody's gonna yell somethin' back. Some nights it's louder than other nights and… — Bruce Springsteen Audience Copy Share Image
Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my… — Bruce Springsteen Adult life Copy Share Image
The first day I can remember looking into a mirror and being able to stand what I saw was the day I… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
From the town of Lincoln Nebraska with a sawed off .410 on my lap, through the Badlands of Wyoming I killed everything… — Bruce Springsteen Insanity Copy Share Image
That's what being a front man is all about - the idea of having something supple underneath you, that machine that roars… — Bruce Springsteen Being Copy Share Image
Hey, little dolly with the blue jeans on, I want to ramrod with you, honey, 'til half past dawn. — Bruce Springsteen Blue Copy Share Image
Baby, this town rips the bones from our back it's a death trap, it's a suicide rap. We got to get out… — Bruce Springsteen Baby Copy Share Image
I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as… — Bruce Springsteen Lifetime Copy Share Image
Music was my way of keeping people from looking through and around me. I wanted the heavies to know I was around. — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I tend to be not my own best company. I can get a little lost when - if I don't have my… — Bruce Springsteen Best company Copy Share Image
It's a sign of strength to put your hand out and ask for help, whether it's a friend or a professional or… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I'm used to writing something, it becomes a record, it comes out. Then I go perform and I play it and I… — Bruce Springsteen Audience Copy Share Image
[The Catholic religion] was something I carried with me, never forgot, brought into my music. And it's been in my music ever… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I think that is what film and art and music do; they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings. — Bruce Springsteen Art Copy Share Image
Yeah, I had gay friends. The first thing I realized was that everybody's different, and it becomes obvious that all of the… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
All people have is hope. That's what brings the next day and whatever that day may bring... A hope grounded in the… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
A great rock band searches for the same kind of combustible force that fueled the expansion of the universe after the big… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I couldn't worry about whether I'm gonna make it onstage or not. You can't. You just gotta do it. And if you… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
The things that I loved about Bob's [Dylan] music - and I describe him in the book as the father of my… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I looked at myself, and I just said, well, you know, I can sing but I'm not the greatest singer in the… — Bruce Springsteen Guitar Copy Share Image
The question of whether we were misled into the war in Iraq isn't a liberal or conservative or Republican or Democratic question,… — Bruce Springsteen Accountability Copy Share Image
I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and I assume people come for the very… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
Now everyone dreams of a love faithful and true, But you and I know what this world can do. So let's make… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I always look terrible before the show. That's when I feel worst. And after the show it's like a million bucks. Simple… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country that we live in and… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
I think that it's a natural thing for parents to look for reflections of themselves in their children and feel a certain… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image