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Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer-songwriter and musician, known for his work with the E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Boss", he is widely known for his brand of poetic lyrics, his Jersey Shore roots, his distinctive voice, and his lengthy and energetic stage performances.

Springsteen's recordings have included both commercially accessible rock albums and more somber folk-oriented works. His most successful studio albums, Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A. find pleasures in the struggles of daily American life. He has sold more than 140 million records worldwide and more than 64 million records in the United States, making him one of the world's best-selling artists of all time. He has earned numerous awards for his work, including 20 Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, and an Academy Award as well as being inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1999. In 2009, Springsteen was a Kennedy Center Honors recipient, in 2013 was named MusiCares person of the year, and in 2016 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Springsteen married Patti Scialfa in 1991. Their three children are Evan James Springsteen, Jessica Rae Springsteen, and Sam Ryan Springsteen.

✵ 23. September 1949
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Bruce Springsteen Quotes

“Ain't no angel gonna greet me.
It's just you and I my friend.
My clothes don't fit me no more.
I walked a thousand miles
Just to slip this skin.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Streets of Philadelphia"
Song lyrics, Singles

“The wise men were all fools, what to do?”

Bruce Springsteen

"Last to Die"
Song lyrics, Magic (2007)

“Well, I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the faith that can save me
I believe in the hope
And I pray that some day it may raise me
Above these badlands”

Bruce Springsteen

"Badlands"
Song lyrics, Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)

“I think what's happening now is people want to forget. There was Vietnam, there was Watergate, there was Iran – we were beaten, we were hustled, and then we were humiliated. And I think people got a need to feel good about the country they live in. But what's happening, I think, is that that need – which is a good thing – is gettin' manipulated and exploited. And you see the Reagan reelection ads on TV – you know: "It's morning in America." And you say, well, it's not morning in Pittsburgh. It's not morning above 125th Street in New York. It's midnight, and, like, there's a bad moon risin'. And that's why when Reagan mentioned my name in New Jersey, I felt it was another manipulation, and I had to disassociate myself from the president's kind words.”

Bruce Springsteen

Rolling Stone magazine (December 1984)

“She'll let you in her house
If you come knockin' late at night.
She'll let you in her mouth
If the words you say are right.
If you pay the price,
She'll let you deep inside.
But there's a secret garden she hides.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Secret Garden"
Song lyrics, Singles

“I've seen strong hearts give way
To the burdens of the day,
To the weary hands of time
Where fortune is not kind.”

Bruce Springsteen

"My Lucky Day"
Song lyrics, Working on a Dream (2009)

“Well now everything dies baby that's a fact,
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back.
Put your makeup on, fix your hair up pretty,
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Atlantic City"
Song lyrics, Nebraska (1982)

“Now you hung with me when all the others turned away turned up their nose.
We liked the same music, we liked the same bands, we liked the same clothes.
We told each other that we were the wildest, the wildest things we'd ever seen.
Now I wished you would have told me, I wished I could have talked to you.
Just to say goodbye Bobby Jean.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Bobby Jean"
Song lyrics, Born in the U.S.A. (1984)

“The highway's jammed with broken heroes
On a last chance power drive.
Everybody's out on the run tonight
But there's no place left to hide.
Together, Wendy, we can live with the sadness.
I'll love you with all the madness in my soul.
Someday girl, I don't know when we're gonna get to that place
Where we really want to go and we'll walk in the sun.
But till then tramps like us, baby we were born to run.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Born To Run"
Song lyrics, Born to Run (1975)

“You ride in a limousine the first time, it’s a big thrill but after that it’s just a stupid car.”

Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen Talking

“Last night me and Kate we laid in bed talking about getting out.
Packing up our bags maybe heading south.
I'm thirty-five, we got a boy of our own now.
Last night I sat him up behind the wheel and said son take a good look around.
This is your hometown.”

Bruce Springsteen

"My Hometown"
Song lyrics, Born in the U.S.A. (1984)

“And the world is busting at its seams;
And you're just a prisoner of your dreams.
Holding on for your life 'cause you work all day
To blow 'em away in the night.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Night"
Song lyrics, Born to Run (1975)

“And your strength is devastating in the face of all these odds.
Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my turn to be the god.”

Bruce Springsteen

"For You"
Song lyrics, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)

“Well the highway is alive tonight,
But nobody’s kiddin’ nobody about where it goes.
I’m sittin’ down here in the campfire light
Searchin’ for the ghost of Tom Joad.”

Bruce Springsteen

"The Ghost of Tom Joad"
Song lyrics, The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)

“They found him shot dead outside Stockton,
His body lyin' on a muddy hill.
Nothin' taken, nothin' stolen;
Somebody killed him just to kill.”

Bruce Springsteen

"The New Timer"
Song lyrics, The Ghost of Tom Joad (1995)

“There is a blood red circle
On the cold dark ground.
And the rain is falling down.
The church door's thrown open;
I can hear the organ's song.
But the congregation's gone.
My city of ruins.
My city of ruins.”

Bruce Springsteen

"My City of Ruins"
Song lyrics, The Rising (2002)

“And she was blinded by the light. Cut loose like a deuce,
Another runner in the night. Blinded by the light.
She got down but she never got tight, but she'll make it alright.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Blinded by the Light"
Song lyrics, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)

“We're here to re-dedicate you to The Power, The Passion, The Mystery, and The Ministry of Rock and Roll.”

Bruce Springsteen

Guitar magazine (July 1999)

“Here everybody has a neighbor,
Everybody has a friend.
Everybody has a reason to begin again.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Long Walk Home"
Song lyrics, Magic (2007)

“And we danced all night to a soul fairy band.
And she kissed me just right like only a lonely angel can.
She felt just right just like as sweet as a spirit in the night.
In the night baby don't know what she do to you?
Spirits in the night, in the night.
Stand up now and let her shoot right through you.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Spirit in the Night"
Song lyrics, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1973)

“Is a dream a lie if it don't come true
Or is it something worse?”

Bruce Springsteen

"The River"
Song lyrics, The River (1980)

“Tend to your flock or they will stray.
We’ll be called for our service come judgment day.
Before we cross that river wide,
The blood on our hands will come back on us twice.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Rocky Ground"
Song lyrics, Wrecking Ball (2012)

“Sometimes it's like someone took a knife baby, edgy and dull
And cut a six-inch valley through the middle of my soul.At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
And a freight train running through the middle of my head.
Only you can cool my desire.
I'm on fire.”

Bruce Springsteen

"I'm on Fire"
Song lyrics, Born in the U.S.A. (1984)

“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,
To trade in these wings on some wheels.
Climb in back, heaven's waiting on down the tracks.
Oh come take my hand,
We're riding out tonight to case the promised land.
Oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road.
Thunder Road.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Thunder Road"
Song lyrics, Born to Run (1975)

“My father said "Son, we're lucky in this town.
It's a beautiful place to be born.
It just wraps its arms around you.
Nobody crowds you, nobody goes it alone.
That you know flag flying over the courthouse
Means certain things are set in stone:
Who we are, what we'll do and what we won't."”

Bruce Springsteen

"Long Walk Home"
Song lyrics, Magic (2007)

“Poor man want to be rich
Rich man want to be king
And a king ain't satisfied
Till he rules everything.
I want to go out tonight
I want to find out what I got.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Badlands"
Song lyrics, Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)

“I been knocking on the door that holds the throne.
I been looking for the map that leads me home.
I been stumbling on good hearts turned to stone.
The road of good intentions has gone dry as a bone.
We take care of our own.
We take care of our own.
Wherever this flag’s flown,
We take care of our own.”

Bruce Springsteen

"We Take Care of Our Own"
Song lyrics, Wrecking Ball (2012)

“In the Bible Cain slew Abel and East of Eden he was cast.
You're born into this life paying for the sins of somebody else's past.
Daddy worked his whole life for nothing but the pain.
Now he walks these empty rooms looking for something to blame.
You inherit the sins, you inherit the flames.
Adam raised a Cain.”

Bruce Springsteen

"Adam Raised a Cain"
Song lyrics, Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)

“Come on, rise up! Come on, rise up!”

Bruce Springsteen

"My City of Ruins"
Song lyrics, The Rising (2002)

“Cheap romance, it's all just a crutch.
You don't want nothin' that anybody can touch.
You're so afraid of being somebody's fool,
Not walkin' tough baby, not walkin' cool.
You walk cool, but darlin', can you walk the line?
And face the ties that bind.
The ties that bind,
Now you can't break the ties that bind.”

Bruce Springsteen

"The Ties That Bind"
Song lyrics, The River (1980)

“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.”

Bruce Springsteen

Time magazine (27 October 1975)