629 Quotes by Bruce Springsteen

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.

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

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

Well now I'm no hero, that's understood. All the redemption I can offer girl, is beneath this dirty hood. With a chance to make it good somehow, hey what else can we do now? Except roll down the window, and let the wind blow back your hair. Well the night's busting open, these two lanes will take us anywhere. We got one last chance to make it real.

You've got to be able to hold a lot of contradictory ideas in your mind without going nuts. I feel like to do my job right, when I walk out on stage I've got to feel like it's the most important thing in the world. Also I've got to feel like, well, it's only rock and roll. Somehow you've got to believe both of those things.

An audience is not brought to you or given to you; it's something that you fight for.

That's what being a front man is all about - the idea of having something supple underneath you, that machine that roars and can turn on a dime.

Nobody wins unless everybody wins.

It's time to impeach the president and get a man in there to get us out of this mess.