Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.

Quote by Bruce Springsteen

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

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

Now those memories come back to haunt me They haunt me like a curse

Now those memories come back to haunt me They haunt me like a curse

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.

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...

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...

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?

Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning...

Plus, you know, when I was young, there was a lot of respect for clowning...

I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally - with...

I always wanted my music to influence the life you were living emotionally - with...

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 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...

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...

I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds...

I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds...

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.

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...

From the beginning, I imagined I would have a long work life.

From the beginning, I imagined I would have a long work life.

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,...

But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when...

But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when...

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,...

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...

I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and...

I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and...