Bruce Springsteen Quotes - Page 17

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• I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of supermarkets, bar mitzvahs, weddings, drive-in theaters. I'd seen it all before I ever walked into a recording studio.

  Bruce Springsteen

  White, Black, Bars

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• On any given night, what allows me to get to that higher ground is the audience.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Night, Higher Ground, Given

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• 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

  Song, Phrases, Singers

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• What you were singing about was believable and convincing, that's the key to a great singer.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Keys, Singing, Singers

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Walk tall, or baby don't walk at all.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Respect, Baby, Walks

  Song: New York City Serenade, 1973

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• Blood moon risin' in a sky of black dust, tell me baby, who do you trust?

  Bruce Springsteen

  Baby, Moon, Dust

  Song: The Fuse, Album: The Rising

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• I was a guitar player on the streets of Asbury Park and already a member in good standing amongst those who lie in service of the truth - artists with a small A. But I held four clean aces. I had youth, almost a decade of hardcore bar band experience, a good group of homegrown musicians who were attuned to my performance style, and a story to tell.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Lying, Player, Artist

  "Bruce Springsteen teases fans with foreword to autobiography Born to Run", www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2016.

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• I think if somebody comes up and simply says, your jobs? I'm going to bring them back. You're not comfortable with the browning of America? I'm going to build a wall. ISIS, I'm going to defeat them. Those are very - it's a simple, but it was a compelling message for a lot of people.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Jobs, Wall, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The different social forces that affected my parents' lives or my friends' lives or I saw around me became essential for me to write about.

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  Writing, Parent, Saws

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I know your mama she don't like me, cause I play in a rock and roll band.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Play

  Song: Rosalita, 1973

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• For me, once I count the band in, and I delve deep into my song, I feel a certain sort of integrity and integration that I rarely find in my daily life.

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  Song, Integrity, Band

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Musician, Would Be, Saws

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• I grew up with a very big extended family, with a lot of aunts. We had about five or six houses on one street.

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  Aunt, House, Six

  "The Boss is back". Interview with Matt Lauer, www.nbcnews.com. April 16, 2003.

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• I don't know many artists who are not crazy.

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  Crazy, Artist, Knows

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I never felt I had enough personal style to pursue being just a guitarist.

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  Style, Had Enough, Pursue

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• I still like to go to record stores, I like to just wander around and I'll buy whatever catches my attention.

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  Attention, Records, Stores

  "A fan's eye view". Interview with Nick Hornby, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2005.

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• I want to spit in the face of these badlands.

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  Expression, Want, Faces

  "Badlands". Song by Bruce Springsteen, August 1978.

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• You can beat on your chest, hell, any monkey can.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Animal, Monkeys, Hell

  Song: Real Man, Album: Human Touch, 1992

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• The marriage-equality issue should be recognized for what it truly is - a civil rights issue that must be approved to assure that every citizen is treated equally under the law.

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  Issues, Rights, Law

  "Bruce Springsteen voices support for gay marriage in New Jersey" by Gil Kaufman, www.mtv.com. December 9, 2009.

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