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And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.


Bruce Springsteen

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That’s what you say. That’s
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I think politics come out of psychology.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw my...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN From the beginning, I imagined I would have a long work life.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off, so that's a big part of it. ...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being abl...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and I assume people come f...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I've had an experience through music that has touched almost every part of me. It educated me in...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I was real good at music and real bad at everything else.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I guess my view of America is of a real bighearted country, real compassionate.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' came out of a huge body of work that had tons of very happy s...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN The wonderful thing about rock music is even if you hate the other person, sometimes you need him mo...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Some of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music you've ever heard.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Yeah, my son likes a lot of guitar bands. He gave me something the other day which was really good. ...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN I'm interested in what it means to live in America. I'm interested in the kind of country th...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN The primary math of the real world is one and one equals two. The layman (as, often, do I) swings th...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Don’t take yourself too seriously. Take yourself as seriously as death itself. Don’t worry. Worr...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Lesson: In the real world, ninety-nine cents will not get you into New York City. You will need the ...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN We have some goats, some chickens, and we used to have pigs. There used to be two ostriches as well,...
JESSICA SPRINGSTEEN My personal style depends on what I'm doing or where I am. I wear a lot of jeans and jean shorts...
JESSICA SPRINGSTEEN I love the freedom you feel on horseback, and enjoy the discipline of competition.
JESSICA SPRINGSTEEN My parents taught me that having a passion is a rare thing, so following it through and working hard...
JESSICA SPRINGSTEEN I wear my shadows where they're harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that shoul...
BRUCE COCKBURN There's a bright spot in every dark cloud.
BRUCE BERESFORD Sarah Palin may have chosen to not answer the call for the presidency, but make no mistake, the prin...
TAMMY BRUCE Believing a person deserves a defence is not the same as doing anything in your power to get him off...
TAMMY BRUCE For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be...
TAMMY BRUCE Horrible things happen when you run out of other people's money, and life and work becomes a bur...
TAMMY BRUCE Republicans have never been good at public relations.
TAMMY BRUCE The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then ...
TAMMY BRUCE From the subtle to the extreme, our culture and our values are under unrelenting attack from the med...
TAMMY BRUCE One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with...
TAMMY BRUCE Gone are the days when reality fed the feminist movement.
TAMMY BRUCE For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
TAMMY BRUCE The United States has grown into a remarkable nation specifically because of our independent spirit ...
TAMMY BRUCE One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete.
TAMMY BRUCE Yes, we have the freedom to do what we please, but it only works because we don't do everything ...
TAMMY BRUCE As you might have gathered, I prefer the honest, decent and genuinely accepting friends and family I...
TAMMY BRUCE The Left Elite only pretend to be concerned about what's best for everyone else because it is th...
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