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Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches, and Encounters (Musicians in Their Own Words)
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Take yourself as seriously as death itself.
Don’t worry. Worry your ass off.
Have iron-clad confidence, but doubt.
It keeps you alive and alert!
Believe you are the baddest ass in town – and [that] you suck!
It keeps you honest.
Be able to keep two completely contrad
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We tend to think Bruce Springsteen is Bruce Springsteen because of his poetic lyrics and energetic concerts; we think that someone whose songs are that powerful has to be a world-famous artist. Those are necessary ingredients. But they aren’t sufficient. Bruce Springsteen is also Bruce Springsteen because, at the age of twenty-one, he was willing t
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