Lyrics have become so dumbed down nowadays. People don't want to have to think about lyrics anymore, they just want to be told something. Until these great things started happening with us, I'd really given up on reaching people like that. Nate Ruess More Quotes by Nate Ruess More Quotes From Nate Ruess I would love to play a show with Kanye West. That would be amazing. I want to play a show with Tom Petty or Bruce Springsteen. It would be really fun, especially to stick around, watch their show and watch how they work a crowd. It's really a wonderful thing. Nate Ruess springsteen wonderful fun It's important that I get time to run, to just go for a jog for about 30 minutes. It helps with my voice, but it also kind of gives me a little bit of time to myself - and you get to see a city. Nate Ruess voice cities running I came from somewhat of a musical family. I had an uncle on Broadway. My dad kind of knows how to play instruments. 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