→ happy birthday, bruce.
Bruce Springsteen. I can't put it into words all that he is, so a picspam instead in honour of his 60th birthday. I've wanted to do one of him for awhile, this seems like the perfect occasion.
"I saw rock and roll's future and its name is Bruce Springsteen."
Jon Landau, 1974
I'm working on a dream, though sometimes it feels so far away.
I'm working on a dream, and how it will be mine someday.
Working on a Dream, 2009
"The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen."
President Barack Obama
"Well I got this guitar, and I learned how to make it talk."
Thunder Road, 1975.
"I got the chutzpah, or whatever you want to say, to believe that if I write a really good song about it, it's going to make a difference. It's going to matter to somebody."
60 Minutes, July 2008.
May I feel your arms around me
May I feel your blood mix with mine
A dream of life comes to me
Like a catfish dancin' on the end of the line
The Rising, 2002.
I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the faith that could save me
I believe in the hope and I pray that some day
It may raise me above these Badlands
Badlands, 1978.
"You always get a sense of personal truth, humility and passion. A sense of humor, a sense of rock 'n' roll and a raconteurism once solely the domain of tribal chiefs. But chief comes from chieftain. And that's just not an American word. Boss? Now that comes from boss man, and if this guy ain't the boss...man, nobody is."
Sean Penn, 2008's TIME 100 issue.
