Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.
I mean I appreciate fan mail and that the people like what I am doing but I can't answer it. If I would answer 25 letters a day I would be just a guy answering mail and not an artist anymore.
I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.
I want to change things for the better, just like everybody else.
I'm 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, I'd also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people - I don't want to judge it or anything - but it's not for me. It would destroy my creativity.
I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I will be where I'm supposed to be at nighttime, on stage, in front of people, doing my thing.
I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy.
In the summer of '84, you just couldn't escape the Born in the USA record.
It is just that I don't want a wife and I don't want kids.
I love to go on stage and sing.
Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.
As long as I tell the truth I feel that nobody can touch me.
My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.
Nothing brings people together more, then mutual hatred.
Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.