The Clash were a major influence on my own music. They were the best rock 'n' roll band. Thanks, Joe. Bruce Springsteen More Quotes by Bruce Springsteen More Quotes From Bruce Springsteen So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes, is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise? Bruce Springsteen eye baby relationship In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly my father's voice. But isn't that what you always do? Why do kids at 5 years old go into the closet and put their daddy's shoes on? Hey, my kids do it. Bruce Springsteen father kids years Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire. Bruce Springsteen optimism light fire I think life goes through a cycle of losing and refinding yourself all the time. Everyone has disappointments all the time, some of them pretty small, some of them pretty big. Bruce Springsteen finding-yourself disappointment thinking All the music I loved as a child, people thought it was junk. People were unaware of the subtext in so many of those records but if you were a kid you were just completely tuned in, even though you didn't always say - you wouldn't dare say it was beautiful. Bruce Springsteen beautiful kids children People see you onstage and, yeah, I'd want to be that guy.I want to be that guy myself very often. Bruce Springsteen guy want people 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 mathematics in them is elegant. They retain their elegance. Bruce Springsteen records simple beautiful Here everybody has a neighbor Everybody has a friend Everybody has a reason to begin again. Bruce Springsteen begin-again neighbor reason cause down the shore everything's all right Bruce Springsteen jersey-girl shore causes Once you get into the book, you've got to constantly find your - the rhythm of your prose. And it ends up being quite a musical experience either way. Bruce Springsteen musical book way Mister, I ain't a boy, no I'm a man, and i believe in a promised land. Bruce Springsteen men boys believe Somebody who can reckon with the past, who can live with the past in the present, and move towards the future - that's fabulous. Bruce Springsteen fabulous past moving I didn't have a blueprint from my childhood that I could call on, which is an enormous deficit when you're trying to put together a family life. I didn't see a family life where men were thriving inside of it. You know, my dad tended to blame the family for his inability to achieve what he wanted to achieve, you know? So, unfortunately, I was coming from that particular frame of mind. Bruce Springsteen childhood dad men I tend to be a subscriber to the idea that you have everything you need by the time you're 12 years old to do interesting writing for most of the rest of your life - certainly by the time you're 18. Bruce Springsteen writing years ideas I have been on stage on a few occasions where I felt I couldn't escape the interior of my - my interior thoughts. But Peter Wolf once said, what's the strangest thing you can do on stage? Think about what you're doing. Bruce Springsteen peter stage thinking But it's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin And can't stand the company. Every fool's got a reason to feelin' sorry for himself And turn his heart to stone. Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell And I feel like I'm comin' home. Bruce Springsteen sorry home heart Ought to be easy, ought to be simple enough: Man meets woman, and they fall in love, But the house is haunted and the ride gets rough. You got to learn to live with what you can't rise above. Bruce Springsteen falling-in-love simple men Every fool has a reason for feeling sorry for himself. Bruce Springsteen politics sorry feelings Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field so happy and free? If you've ever seen a one trick pony then you've seen me Have you ever seen a one-legged dog making his way down the street? If you've ever seen a one-legged dog then you've seen me. Bruce Springsteen ponies dog way So let's take the good times as they go and I'll meet you further on up the road. Bruce Springsteen good-times
