Bruce Springsteen Quotes & Sayings (Page 9)

“I was signed to a record label at the same time as my friend Elliot Murphy, who makes great records to this day.”

“I'm not in any rush. I'm not somebody who, if I write a song, I get it out. That's not something I've ever really quite done.”

“When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image, particularly through the mid '80s.”

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

“I have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off, so that's a big part of it. Also, I like to get up onstage and behave insanely or express myself physically, and the band can get pretty silly.”

“From the beginning, I imagined I would have a long work life.”

“I don't write demographically. I don't write a song to reach these people or those people.”

“I guess my view of America is of a real bighearted country, real compassionate.”

“After 'Born to Run,' I had a reaction to my good fortune. With success, it felt like a lot of people who'd come before me lost some essential part of themselves. My greatest fear was that success was going to change or diminish that part of myself.”

“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.”