![Edward Norton interviews Bruce Springsteen about Darkness on the Edge of Town
If you’ve never understood why the Boss is an American icon, you should listen to this interview (or download the podcast). There’s too many gems:
“No. I was if I was ever a bohemian it was by circumstance, you know, it… I mean I, it was sort of, you know, I don’t, you know, I really, none of the guys, us guys locally, came out of an actual bohemian lifestyle. It wasn’t - that was not what was in as Asbury Park. Asbury Park was your working-class musicians who came from those kinds of homes, who fell into a bohemian lifestyle because it was all they could afford at a moment. And you were sort of on the outs but you didn’t have the self-awareness about it, you know. And I didn’t really read - I read Allen Ginsberg after I saw people comparing my first record to some of his poetry, you know. And so I was a late comer to the whole Beat thing and, you know, we were influenced by records, you know, records”
Or when Springsteen talks about craziness and age:
“[Now] there is a large body of work, so every piece of it you’re less self-conscious about. At that time I had, I only had three records out, you know, so you are going to be defined by - so that’s you were going to put out was 25 percent of all your work was about to come out, you know… There’s, I think there’s an age to be that way, to be very, very controlling and extremely intense and focused and a good deal insane, also. There’s - I think that if you look at the people who we care about are people who cared about something enough to get crazy with it, you know.
I think when you look at the actors we love, you know, its like Martin Scorsese said the artist’s job is you’re trying to get the audience to care about your obsessions.”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lclpgrjYOS1qz4ax2o1_500.jpg)
Edward Norton interviews Bruce Springsteen about Darkness on the Edge of Town
If you’ve never understood why the Boss is an American icon, you should listen to this interview (or download the podcast). There’s too many gems:
“No. I was if I was ever a bohemian it was by circumstance, you know, it… I mean I, it was sort of, you know, I don’t, you know, I really, none of the guys, us guys locally, came out of an actual bohemian lifestyle. It wasn’t - that was not what was in as Asbury Park. Asbury Park was your working-class musicians who came from those kinds of homes, who fell into a bohemian lifestyle because it was all they could afford at a moment. And you were sort of on the outs but you didn’t have the self-awareness about it, you know. And I didn’t really read - I read Allen Ginsberg after I saw people comparing my first record to some of his poetry, you know. And so I was a late comer to the whole Beat thing and, you know, we were influenced by records, you know, records”
Or when Springsteen talks about craziness and age:
“[Now] there is a large body of work, so every piece of it you’re less self-conscious about. At that time I had, I only had three records out, you know, so you are going to be defined by - so that’s you were going to put out was 25 percent of all your work was about to come out, you know… There’s, I think there’s an age to be that way, to be very, very controlling and extremely intense and focused and a good deal insane, also. There’s - I think that if you look at the people who we care about are people who cared about something enough to get crazy with it, you know.
I think when you look at the actors we love, you know, its like Martin Scorsese said the artist’s job is you’re trying to get the audience to care about your obsessions.”
