Bruce Springsteen Quotes - Page 8

It's hard to be a saint in the city.

My dad had a very difficult life, a hard struggle all the time at work. I've always felt like I'm seeking his revenge.

I think you can't demonize somebody that's on the other side of the political spectrum, or you can't generalize about them.

If I have a song that I feel is really one of my best songs, I like it to have a formal studio recording because I believe that something being officially released on a studio record gives it a certain authority that it doesn't quite have if it comes out on a live album or is just a part of your show, you know.

It doesn't matter what happened last night or the night - or tomorrow night. It's all about what you're doing with this audience right now.

Elvis is my religion. But for him, I'd be selling encyclopedias right now.

Let's raise our glass and let the hammer fly, yeah, this is the long good-bye.

I never start with a political point of view. I believe that your politics are emotionally and psychologically determined by your early experiences.

You ask for your audience's investment in your music; you're in a relationship with them. And their relationship with the E Street Band is separate from whatever else I might do. I like the idea of us being something that people rely on.

Fame, on its best day, is kind of like a friendly wave from a stranger by the side of the road. And when it's not so good, it's like a long walk home, all alone, with nobody in when you get there.

Because we lived in the presence of the church and the convent and the rectory and the school 24-7. And this was an enormous cornerstone in the lives of my entire family. They were all pretty serious Catholic churchgoers.

My soul is lost, my friend, tell me how do I begin again? My city's in ruins, my city's in ruins.

I was unrecognizable to myself; I saw my reflection in a window; I didn't know my own face.

You may not be able to hit all the notes. That's OK. You may not have the clearest tone. You may not have the greatest range. But if you can inhabit your song, you can communicate.

A dream of life comes to me, like a catfish dancing on the end of the line.

You're young and you're always in pursuit your young manhood. You're trying to figure out - what does that mean? What does - you know, there's a lot of pressure on young men to sort that out. And, you know, we tend to gravitate towards one-dimensional iconography as far as what it means to be a fully grown man. And you can get lost in so much of it out there.

The Catholic religion at the time was much darker and more mysterious. The entire mass was in Latin. The church was - if you go to my church now, it's incredibly bright inside. But at - when I was young, it was very dark inside. And it was just the difference in the way that they've painted it since I've gone there. And it strives for a very different and welcoming spirit.

Sky of blackness and sorrow, sky of love, sky of tears. Sky of glory and sadness, sky of mercy, sky of fear.

When I was young I was very shy and that was my personality. I was a pretty sensitive kid and quite neurotic, filled with a lot of anxiety.

The release date is just one day, but the record is forever.

Don't run back inside, darlin', you know just what I'm here for. So you're scared and you're thinkin' we ain't that young any more...Show a little faith! There's magic in the night. You ain't a beauty, but hey, you're all right.

When you get fat and lose your hunger. That is when you know the sellout has happened.

This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.

If you see me performing, you're going, that guy is simply the most extroverted guy I've ever seen. But if you've seen me very often on a daily basis and all the while growing up, I was very, very introverted. Very introverted. So I have sort of the extremes of both of those characteristics.

We live in a post-authentic world, and today authenticity is a house of mirrors. It's all just what you're bringing when the lights go down. It's your teachers, your influences, and your personal history. At the end of the day, it's the power and purpose of your music that still matters.