I suppose when you do it correctly, a good introduction and a good outro makes the song feel like it's coming out of something and then evolving into something.
From Bruce Springsteen
Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.
Talk about a dream, try to make it real.
When you get fat and lose your hunger. That is when you know the sellout has happened.
'Darkness on the Edge of Town' came out of a huge body of work that had tons of very happy songs.
The drummer in my first band was killed in Vietnam. He kind of signed up and joined the marines. Bart Hanes was his name. He was one of those guys that was jokin' all the time, always playin' the clown.
Adult life is dealing with an enormous amount of questions that don't have answers. So I let the mystery settle into my music. I don't deny anything, I don't advocate anything, I just live with it.
I can sing very comfortably from my vantage point because a lot of the music was about a loss of innocence, there's innocence contained in you but there's also innocence in the process of being lost.
When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the other was my guitar.
And whether you're drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent.
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