Your spoken voice is a part of it - not a big part of it, but it's something. It puts people at ease, and once again kind of reaches out and makes a bridge for what's otherwise difficult music.

Quote by Bruce Springsteen

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Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were...

Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were...

When it comes to luck, you make your own.

When it comes to luck, you make your own.

It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people.

It's always felt natural, because I'm generally very comfortable with people.

In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly...

In the early years, I found a voice that was my voice and also partly...

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?

The release date is just one day, but the record is forever.

The release date is just one day, but the record is forever.

I have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off,...

I have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off,...

Talk about a dream, try to make it real.

Talk about a dream, try to make it real.

When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early...

When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early...

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

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

If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up...

If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up...

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?

Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.

Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

In America everything's about who's number one today.

In America everything's about who's number one today.

I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would...

I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would...

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...

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...

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...

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...