When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image, particularly through the mid '80s.

Quote by Bruce Springsteen

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I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was...

I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was...

We're a long, long way from home. Home's a long, long way from us.

We're a long, long way from home. Home's a long, long way from us.

I do a lot of curiosity buying; I buy it if I like the album...

I do a lot of curiosity buying; I buy it if I like the album...

I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.

I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person.

It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand...

It's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin and can't stand...

Your spoken voice is a part of it - not a big part of it,...

Your spoken voice is a part of it - not a big part of it,...

My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band...

My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band...

See, I was nine years old when I saw Elvis on 'Ed Sullivan', and I...

See, I was nine years old when I saw Elvis on 'Ed Sullivan', and I...

In the past, some of the songs that were the most fun, and the most...

In the past, some of the songs that were the most fun, and the most...

Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage....

Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage....

My image had always been very heterosexual, very straight. So it was a nice experience...

My image had always been very heterosexual, very straight. So it was a nice experience...

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse?

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse?

You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink...

You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink...

When you make more than $500 a night, you get more than $500 problems.

When you make more than $500 a night, you get more than $500 problems.

Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.

Certainly tolerance and acceptance were at the forefront of my music.

I can sing very comfortably from my vantage point because a lot of the music...

I can sing very comfortably from my vantage point because a lot of the music...

Talk about a dream, try to make it real.

Talk about a dream, try to make it real.

Some guys they just give up living, others start dying little by little piece by...

Some guys they just give up living, others start dying little by little piece by...

Most achievers I know are people who have made a strong and deep dedication to...

Most achievers I know are people who have made a strong and deep dedication to...

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the...

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the...

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is...

A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is...

Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and...

Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and...

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends....

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess...

Deep in my heart I'm concealing things that I'm longing to say. Scared to confess...

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you...

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you...

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need