629 Quotes by Bruce Springsteen

The moment you begin to depend on audience reaction, you're doing the wrong thing. You're doin' it wrong, it's a mistake, it's not right. You can't allow yourself, no matter what, to depend on them.

Sometimes I do an automatic songs, songs that you don't really think about, or work on. You just look back and it sorta surprises you.

Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it.

It was like Elvis came along and whispered some dream in everybody's ear

You know hearts these days are cheap.

Talk about a dream, try to make it real.

Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have.

I couldn't worry about whether I`m gonna make it onstage or not. You can't. You just gotta do it. And if you do, you do, and if you don't, you don't, and then something else happens. That's the point of the live performance.

The life of a rock & roll band will last as long as you can look down into the audience and see yourself.