All I try to do is write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.
Interpretation
Create music with intent and emotion rather than for commercial success.
In this quote, Bruce Springsteen emphasizes the importance of authenticity in music creation. He believes that meaningful music arises from the artist's true feelings and dedication, suggesting that commitment and passion are essential ingredients for impactful artistry.
In practice
During a speech at a music festival, to inspire young musicians.
I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of supermarkets, bar mitzvahs, weddings, drive-in theaters. I'd seen it all before I ever walked into a recording studio.
I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart _x000D_ _x000D_ Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts.
Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell_x000D_ And I feel like I'm comin' home.
The artists we love, they put their fingerprint on your imagination, and on your heart and your soul.
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk.
I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.
I believe that as a writer and a director, you're only providing the skeleton of a character, and you're hiring actors to fill it out.
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.
Mystery is like a kind of atmosphere which bathes the greatest works of the masters.
I got into the business because I love writing. When it came down to finding my voice, which every writer has to take time to do, I think I realized I write black people very well. I write us in a very honest way, and I want to hear the way we really talk.
I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.
In the theatre, every form once born is mortal; every form must be reconceived, and its new conception will bear the marks of all the influences that surround it.
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