![]() 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. 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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