Bruce Springsteen
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And so I said, well, if I'm going to project an individuality, it's going to have to be in my writing. And at the time, for one of the few times in my life I didn't have a band, I just had myself and the guitar. So I was going to have to do something with just my voice, just the guitar, and just my songs that was going to move someone enough to give me a shot.
So I wrote songs that were very lyrically alive and lyrically dense, and they were unique. But it really came out of the motivation to where I understood I was going to have to make my mark that way.
So I wrote songs that were very lyrically alive and lyrically dense, and they were unique. But it really came out of the motivation to where I understood I was going to have to make my mark that way.
So I wrote songs that were very lyrically alive and lyrically dense, and they were unique. But it really came out of the motivation to where I understood I was going to have to make my mark that way.
But people see you on stage and, yeah, I'd want to be that guy. I want to be that guy myself very often. I have plenty of days where I go, man, I wish I could be that guy. And, you know, it's not quite, there's a big difference between what you see on stage and then my general daily, my daily existence.
But people see you on stage and, yeah, I'd want to be that guy. I want to be that guy myself very often. I have plenty of days where I go, man, I wish I could be that guy. And, you know, it's not quite, there's a big difference between what you see on stage and then my general daily, my daily existence.
But people see you on stage and, yeah, I'd want to be that guy. I want to be that guy myself very often. I have plenty of days where I go, man, I wish I could be that guy. And, you know, it's not quite, there's a big difference between what you see on stage and then my general daily, my daily existence.
Don't let that bother you. It's part of my illness. I do it all the time.
Don't let that bother you. It's part of my illness. I do it all the time.
Don't let that bother you. It's part of my illness. I do it all the time.
Oh, of course. You're immediately pulled out of the inside of your head, and it immediately changes your frame of mind. I've never been on stage where I've... That's not true. I have been on stage on a few occasions where I felt I couldn't escape the interior of my interior thoughts. But Peter Wolfe once said, what's the strangest thing you can do on stage? Think about what you're doing.
Oh, of course. You're immediately pulled out of the inside of your head, and it immediately changes your frame of mind. I've never been on stage where I've... That's not true. I have been on stage on a few occasions where I felt I couldn't escape the interior of my interior thoughts. But Peter Wolfe once said, what's the strangest thing you can do on stage? Think about what you're doing.
Oh, of course. You're immediately pulled out of the inside of your head, and it immediately changes your frame of mind. I've never been on stage where I've... That's not true. I have been on stage on a few occasions where I felt I couldn't escape the interior of my interior thoughts. But Peter Wolfe once said, what's the strangest thing you can do on stage? Think about what you're doing.
There's just nothing weirder you can do. If you're up there thinking about what you're doing, you're just not there, and it's not going to happen. So trying to learn how to overcome those, which is a normal thing to do. You're in front of a lot of people. People are going to get very self-conscious.