Bruce Springsteen Band Quotations

You can't be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you're gathering in life. Our band is good at understanding that equation.

I was the only person I'd ever met who had a record contract. None of the E Street Band, as far as I know, had been on an airplane until Columbia sent us to Los Angeles.

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune.

You ask for your audience's investment in your music; you're in a relationship with them. And their relationship with the E Street Band is separate from whatever else I might do. I like the idea of us being something that people rely on.

I have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off, so that's a big part of it. Also, I like to get up onstage and behave insanely or express myself physically, and the band can get pretty silly.

I hadn't performed by myself in a while. It feels very natural to me, and I assume people come for the very same reasons as they do when I'm with the band: to be moved, for something to happen to them.

The hungry and the haunted explode in a rock'n'roll band.

The Clash were a major influence on my own music. They were the best rock 'n' roll band. Thanks, Joe.