Bruce Springsteen

I always felt like that's the song of my youth.

Well, I wrote that song.

Now I've got to write something else.

And I became attracted to country music and older blues and folk because they seem to bring the same intensity to adult issues and adult problems.

And I immediately thought, this is a lifetime job for me, you know.

I want to write songs I can sing when I'm at that great advanced age of 40 years old.

And I remember thinking about that when I was in my late 20s, that I wanted them to have some content and some weight that would...

sustained me as I grew older, you know.

I look back now and it was in the songs of my youth, you know, and I continue to sing them today.

But I think I became a little more conscious about it after Born to Run and going into darkness on the edge of town on the river.

That's when the initial country influences start to come up in the music.

And thematically, there's people that are married, there's people that are struggling, there's people that are noticeably living young adult lives and adult lives.

And I felt that was essential in extending

What I wanted to do in my work and where I wanted to bring my small little patch of rock and roll music.

In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about, there has been a beacon of hope that liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt democracy.

In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about, there has been a beacon of hope that liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt democracy.

In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about, there has been a beacon of hope that liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt democracy.

We ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom reign.

We ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom reign.

We ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experience to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom reign.