Bruce Springsteen

Darkness on the Edge of Town' came out of a huge body of work that had tons of very happy songs. ”

I think that is what film and art and music do; they can work as a map of sorts for your feelings. ”

Work creates an enormous sense of self and I saw that in my mother. She was an enormous, towering figure to me in the best possible way. I picked up a lot of things from her in the way that I work... I also picked up a lot of the failings of when your father doesn't have those things and that results in a house that turns into a minefield. ”

I have to write and play. If I became an electrician tomorrow, I'd still come home at night and write songs. ”

For an adult, the world is constantly trying to clamp down on itself. Routine, responsibility, decay of institutions, corruption: this is all the world closing in. ”

I never felt I had enough personal style to pursue being just a guitarist. ”