"Born down in a dead mans town, The first kick I took was when I hit the ground. You end up like a dog thats been beat too much, Till you spend half your life just covering up."
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. Nicknamed "the Boss", Springsteen has released 21 studio albums spanning six decades; most of his albums feature the E Street Band, his backing band since 1972.
"Dont run back inside Darling you know just what Im here for. So youre scared and youre thinking That maybe we aint that young anymore. Show a little faith, theres magic in the night; You aint a beauty but hey youre all right. Oh and thats all right with me."
Bruce Springsteen"And she was blinded by the light. Cut loose like a deuce, Another runner in the night. Blinded by the light. She got down but she never got tight, but shell make it alright."
Bruce Springsteen"Have you ever seen a one trick pony in the field so happy and free/ If youve ever seen a one trick pony then youve seen me. Have you ever seen a one legged dog makin his way down the street? If youve ever seen a one legged dog then youve seen me."
Bruce Springsteen"In the third grade a nun stuffed me in a garbage can under her desk because she said that’s where I belonged."
Bruce Springsteen"Tonight our bed is cold; Im lost in the darkness of our love. God have mercy on the man Who doubts what hes sure of."
Bruce Springsteen"Were here to re-dedicate you to The Power, The Passion, The Mystery, and The Ministry of Rock and Roll."
Bruce Springsteen"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."
Mahatma Gandhi"we are engaged in a grim experiment never before attempted. We are subjecting whole populations to exposure to chemicals which animal experiments have proved to be extremely poisonous and in many cases cumulative in their effect. These exposures now begin at or before birth and-unless we change our methods-will continue through the lifetime of those now living. No one knows what the result will be, because we have no previous experience to guide us."
"pity this busy monster, manunkind, not. Progress is a comfortable disease: your victim (death and life safely beyond) plays with the bigness of his littleness"
E. E. Cummings"I believe that the unity of man as opposed to other living things derives from the fact that man is the conscious life of himself. Man is conscious of himself, of his future, which is death, of his smallness, of his impotence; he is aware of others as others; man is in nature, subject to its laws even if he transcends it with his thought."
Erich Fromm"“We need brains, is the bottom line,” Ivy said. “We’re not hunter-gatherers anymore. We’re all living like patients in the intensive care unit of a hospital. What keeps us alive isn’t bravery, or athleticism, or any of those other skills that were valuable in a caveman society. It’s our ability to master complex technological skills. It is our ability to be nerds. We need to breed nerds.”"
"I have been clinically depressed for most of my life. I once used drugs to fix it. Then I stopped. I stopped because I decided they were making me stupid, and Id rather be miserable than stupid. I am what I am."