Bruce springsteen

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

I was real good at music and real bad at everything else.

Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.

Until I realized that rock music was my connection to the rest of the human race, I felt like I was dying, for some reason, and I didn't know why.

If you're good, you're always looking over your shoulder.

And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.

You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it.

When it comes to luck, you make your own.

If you listen to the great Beatle records, the earliest ones where the lyrics are incredibly simple. Why are they still beautiful? Well, they're beautifully sung, beautifully played, and the...

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.