Bruce Springsteen Quotes

“You've always got to remember, rock and roll's never been about giving up. For me, for a lot of kids, it was a totally positive force. . . not optimistic all the time, but positive. It was never--never--about surrender.”

“People deserve. . . the truth. They deserve honesty. The best music, you can seek some shelter in it momentarily, but it's essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.”

“Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.”

“It was just playing music. I didn't have any intention for it. I knew that I enjoyed making this kind of music. ... It was really just purely for the joy of doing it. It was a lot of fun.”

"I believe the war on poverty is a more American idea than the war on the war on poverty. I believe that most people feel like that. And I believe that it ain't over till it's over.”

This music is forever for me. It's the stage thing, that rush moment that you live for. It never lasts, but that's what you live for.

Music was my way of keeping people from looking through and around me. I wanted the heavies to know I was around.

The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.

“Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. . . . Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.”