It was like a nuclear explosion took place. There were - we had a cousin that went to - off to Brown University. It didn't seem to be in the nature of - in his nature or in the nature of his parents or many of the folks in my family, really. It wasn't like he was going to be an extensive traveler or something. It's kind of like - a little bit like the story that you describe in your song "The River." And in some ways, you know, I get the impression from your book that that was your father's story except he never found the dream. So many of your songs, particularly the early ones, are about, you know, like, searching for a dream and running to, like, bust out of the confines of your life. GROSS: Well, that's one of the things I love about the book, is that there is rhythm and music in it even though it's not a song. And it ends up being quite a musical experience either way. But then, once you get into the book, you've got to constantly find your - the rhythm of your prose. I wrote a little essay, and I felt, yeah, this is a good voice. So I'm looking forward to that.īut you still had to find the music inside your language, you know? It was - that's a big part of what sort of moved me to begin writing the book. But the book has been a little bit different, you know? I mean, you get feedback from the press, and the fans are just starting to get a chance to read it. Then, I go perform, and I play it, and I get this immediate feedback from the audience.
But it's a little different, you know? It's - I'm used to writing something it becomes a record it comes out. SPRINGSTEEN: (Laughter) That's actually - not having to perform it on stage is a good one. So what's it like for you to write something that doesn't have to rhyme and that you don't have to perform on stage? One of the questions I'm asked over and over again by fans on the street is, how do you do it? In the following pages, I'll try to shed a little light on how and, more importantly, why. I've taken as my parameters the events in my life I believe shaped that story and my performance work. This book is both a continuation of that story and a search into its origins. I had youth, almost a decade of hardcore bar band experience, a good group of homegrown musicians who were attuned to my performance style, and a story to tell. By 20, no race-car-driving rebel, I was a guitar player on the streets of Asbury Park and already a member in good standing amongst those who lie in service of the truth - artists with a small A. (Reading) I come from a boardwalk town where almost everything is tinged with a bit of fraud. It's really a fantastic book, and I'd like our listeners to just hear a little bit of your writing. I'd love it if you would start by reading the very opening from the foreword of your book. GROSS: Bruce Springsteen, welcome to FRESH AIR, and thank you for welcoming us into your studio. Well, the flag of piracy flew from my mast.
Well, I strode all alone into a fallout zone and came out with my soul untouched. I was open to pain and crossed by the rain. I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade.
It includes this demo version of his song "Growin' Up."īRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: (Singing) Well, I stood stone-like at midnight, suspended in my masquerade.
We started with a track from his album "Chapter And Verse" that serves as an audio companion to his memoir with a selection of songs that span his career. But in much of the book, Springsteen reflects on how he and his music were shaped by home, roots, blood, community, freedom and responsibility. The book shares the title of his most famous song, "Born To Run." The theme of that anthem is escape. It was back in 2016 when his memoir had just been published.
ONE LAST HOPE LYRICS ARCHIVE
We're going to conclude our series of interviews with musicians from the FRESH AIR archive with Bruce Springsteen and hear the interview I recorded with him in his home studio in New Jersey not far from where he grew up.
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