David Senra

Many of them matched me or were better.

But how many good songwriters were there?

songwriters with their own voice, their own story to tell, who could draw you into a world they created and sustain your interest in the things that obsess them.

Not many, a handful at best.

And so obviously he's going to be inspired by the people that came before him, just like everybody else is.

So he talks about Bob Dylan.

He said, Bob Dylan was preeminent amongst these type of writers.

Bob Dylan is the father of my country.

And he talks about Bob Dylan's songs were the first time I can remember being exposed to a truthful vision of the place that I lived.

It's kind of how I feel about his book.

Bob Dylan inspired me and gave me hope.

He asked me the questions everybody else was too frightened to ask.

Bob pointed true north, and he served as a beacon to assist you in making your way through the wilderness.

Many, many decades into the future, Springsteen says, I had the opportunity to sing for Bob when he received the Kennedy Center Honored Award.

We were alone together for a brief moment walking down a back stairwell when he thanked me for being there and said, if there's anything I could ever do for you.

And I thought, are you kidding me?

And I answered him, it's already been done.

So Bruce meets this guy named Mike Appel, who becomes his manager, who's also going to unbelievably screw him over.

The music business is just full of managers screwing over talent.

It's insane.