629 Quotes by Bruce Springsteen

Writing about yourself is a funny business. At the end of the day it’s just another story, the story you’ve chosen from the events of your life. I haven’t told you “all” about myself. Discretion and the feelings of others don’t allow it. But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise: to show the reader his mind. In these pages I’ve tried to do that.

My dad had a very difficult life, a hard struggle all the time at work. I’ve always felt like I’m seeking his revenge.

Someday girl, I don’t know when, were gonna get to the place where we really want to go, and we’ll walk in the sun. But til then, tramps like us, baby, we were born to run.

For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside That it ain’t no sin to be glad you’re alive.

When you have three teenagers, it gives a whole new meaning to “homeland security.”

We remain in the air, the empty space, in the dusty roots and deep earth, in the echo and stories, the songs of the time and place we have inhabited. My clan, my blood, my place, my people.

We’re a long, long way from home, Bobbie; Home’s a long, long way from us. I feel a dirty wind blowing; Devils and dust.

Now young faces grow sad and old, and hearts of fire grow cold, we swore blood brothers against the wind, I’m ready to grow young again.

My heart’s dark, but it’s rising. I’m pulling all the faith I can see.