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. Bruce Springsteen More Quotes by Bruce Springsteen More Quotes From Bruce Springsteen I had no credit cards. I had no checks. I was cash only until I was probably 30 years old. Bruce Springsteen credit cards years Small unit democracy, I found early on, didn't work for me. Bruce Springsteen units democracy found So I bought a forty-four magnum, it was solid steel cast, and in the blessed name of Elvis, well I just let it blast 'til my TV lay in pieces. Bruce Springsteen steel blessed names Your skin upon my skin, in the beating of our hearts, may the living let us in, before the dead tear us apart. Bruce Springsteen tears heart death What you were singing about was believable and convincing, that's the key to a great singer. Bruce Springsteen singers singing keys I always look terrible before the show. That's when I feel worst. And after the show it's like a million bucks. Simple as that. You feel a little tired but you never feel better. Nothing makes me feel as good as those hours between when you walk offstage, until I go to bed. That's the hours that I live for. Bruce Springsteen tired feel-better simple Somewhere along the way, the idea, which I think was initially to get some fair transaction between people, went out the window. And what came in was, the most you can get and the least you can give. That's why cars are the way they are nowadays. It's just an erosion of all the things that were true and right about the original idea. Bruce Springsteen erosion ideas thinking Dancing in the dark. Does fortune wait or just the black hand of fate, It'll take your God filled soul. Fill it with devils. Bruce Springsteen fate dark hands Think of it this way: performing is like sprinting while screaming for three, four minutes. And then you do it again. And then you do it again. And then you walk a little, shouting the whole time. And so on. Your adrenaline quickly overwhelms your conditioning. Bruce Springsteen four three thinking I took a month long vacation in the stratosphere, and you know it's very hard to hold your breath. Bruce Springsteen vacation months long I think that it's a natural thing for parents to look for reflections of themselves in their children and feel a certain pride there. So if your child is very, very different, or perhaps if he's very, very similar, it makes you uncomfortable. Bruce Springsteen pride reflection children I studied other singers, so I would learn how to phrase, and learn how to breathe. And the main thing was, I learned how to inhabit my song. Bruce Springsteen singers phrases song I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars, the houses - that's not the American dream. That's the booby prize, in the end. Those are the booby prizes. And if you fall for them - if, when you achieve them, you believe that this is the end in and of itself - then you've been suckered in. Because those are the consolation prizes, if you're not careful, for selling yourself out, or letting the best of yourself slip away. Bruce Springsteen dream believe fall I don't want to make a record like in the '50s or the '60s or the '70s. I want to make a record like today, that`s right now. Bruce Springsteen records want today There's a beauty in work and I love it, all different kinds of work. That's what I consider it. Rock is my job, and that's my work. And I work my ass off, you know. Bruce Springsteen rocks different jobs There's people that get a chance to do the kind of work that changes the world, and make things really different. And there's the kind that just keeps the world from falling apart. Bruce Springsteen different people fall I never knew anybody who was unhappy with their job and was happy with their life. It's your sense of purpose. Now, some people can find it elsewhere. Some people can work a job and find it some place else. Bruce Springsteen unhappy jobs people You weren't supposed to hear Elvis Presley. You weren't supposed to hear Jerry Lee Lewis. You weren't supposed to hear Robert Johnson. You weren't supposed to hear Hank Williams. And they told the story of the secret America. Bruce Springsteen secret stories america I have come close enough to [ mental illness ] where I know I am not completely well Bruce Springsteen, i've had to deal with a lot of it over the years, and I'm on a variety of medications that keep me on an even keel. Bruce Springsteen top-news It's just a continuation of the stories I've been writing my whole career, and I hope that it's something, that it's inspiring and fun and people enjoy it. Bruce Springsteen entertainment
