Ebook: Springsteen on Springsteen: interviews, speeches and encounters

No one is better qualified to talk about Springsteen than the man himself and he's often as articulate and provocative in interviews and speeches as he is emotive onstage and in recordings. While many rock artists seem to suffer through interviews, Springsteen has welcomed them as an opportunity to speak openly, thoughtfully, and in great detail about his music and life. He is willing to speak with great candour, humour, and poignancy about his personal life and has talked in detail about his marriage, being in therapy, his parents, and fame. Offers fans an extensive look at the artist's own spoken words over the past four decades, via Q&A-formatted articles, speeches, and features. This volume starts with interviews from 1973, when he was earning $75 a week, and follows him up until 2012, where he had achieved almost unimaginable wealth and worldwide fame.;Contents note continued: TV Interview / Charlie Rose -- November 20, 1998 -- The Charlie Rose Show, PBS Network (US) -- pt. V "BETTER DAYS" -- Springsteen enters the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and reunites the E Street Band as politics moves to the fore -- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Acceptance Speech / Bruce Springsteen -- March 15, 1999 -- New York -- New Glory Days / Gary Graff -- April 1, 2001 -- Oakland Press (Pontiac, Michigan) -- Springsteen... The Boss Is Back / Vernell Hackett -- March/April 2003 -- American Songwriter (US) -- TV Interview / Ted Koppel -- August 4, 2004 -- Nightline, ABC Network (US) -- John Kerry Campaign Rally Speech / Bruce Springsteen -- October 28, 2004 -- Madison, Wisconsin -- U2 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speech / Bruce Springsteen -- March 17, 2005 -- New York -- A Fan's Eye View / Nick Hornby -- July 16, 2005 -- Observer Music Monthly (UK) -- The Feeling's Mutual / Steve Kandell -- December 2007 -- Spin (US) --;Contents note continued: New Jersey Hall of Fame Induction Acceptance Speech / Bruce Springsteen -- May 4, 2008 -- Newark, New Jersey -- Barack Obama Campaign Rally Speech / Bruce Springsteen -- November 2, 2008 -- Cleveland, Ohio -- pt. VI "KINGDOM OF DAYS" -- Springsteen and the E Street Band remain a powerful force, but they lose their star sax player -- Brucie Bonus / Steve Turner -- June 27, 2009 -- Radio Times (London) -- Interview / Ed Norton -- September 14, 2010 -- Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto) -- TV Interview / Brian Williams -- October 7, 2010 -- NBC Network (US) -- TV Interview / Ian "Molly" Meldrum -- November 20, 2010 -- Sunday Night, Seven Network (Australia) -- Eulogy for Clarence Clemons / Bruce Springsteen -- June 21, 2011 -- Palm Beach, Florida -- Keynote Speech / Bruce Springsteen -- March 15, 2012 -- South by Southwest Music Festival (Austin, Texas).;Machine generated contents note: pt. I "FROM SMALL THINGS (BIG THINGS ONE DAY COME)" -- Springsteen struggles for success---and rent money -- Bruce Springsteen---Live! / Bruce Pollock -- March 1973 -- Rock (US) -- Was Bob Dylan the Previous Bruce Springsteen? / Steve Turner -- October 6, 1973 -- New Musical Express (UK) -- Bruce Springsteen: Say Hello to Last Year's Genius / Jeff Burger -- March 14, 1974 -- Zoo World (US) -- Bruce Springsteen: It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City / Jerry Gilbert -- August 1974 -- Zigzag (UK) -- Lost in the Flood / Paul Williams -- October 13, 1974 -- Long Branch, New Jersey -- pt. II "LIGHT OF DAY" -- Born to Run, Darkness, and The River turn Springsteen into a household name -- Bruce Springsteen and the Wall of Faith / Andrew Tyler -- November 15, 1975 -- New Musical Express, (UK) -- Radio Interview / Dave Herman -- July 9, 1978 -- King Biscuit Flower Hour, D.I.R. Radio Network (US) -- Radio Interview / Ed Sciaky -- August 19, 1978 --;Contents note continued: The Q Interview: Bruce Springsteen / David Hepworth -- August 1992 -- Q Magazine (UK) -- Live Again, Springsteen Still Has Mettle / Gary Graff -- August 9, 1992 -- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) -- Radio Interview / Ian Dempsey -- May 14, 1993 -- RTE 2FM (Ireland) -- pt. IV "ROCKAWAY THE DAYS" -- Springsteen issues The Ghost of Tom Joad and looks back with Greatest Hits and Tracks -- Human Touch / Neil Strauss -- September 1995 -- Guitar World (US) -- Don't Yell Broooce / Gary Graff -- January 12, 1996 -- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) -- Bruce Springsteen Tells the Story of the Secret America / David Corn -- March/April 1996 -- Mother Jones (US) -- Hey Joad, Don't Make It Sad...(Oh, Go On Then) / Gavin Martin -- March 9, 1996 -- New Musical Express (UK) -- Bruce Springsteen: The Advocate Interview / Judy Wieder -- April 2, 1996 -- The Advocate (US) -- Rock and Read / Will Percy -- Spring 1998 -- Double Take (US) --;Contents note continued: WIOQ-FM (Philadelphia) -- Lawdamercy, Springsteen Saves! / Robert Duncan -- October 1978 -- Creem (US) -- Bruce Springsteen: The Return of the Native / Mike Greenblatt -- October 11, 1978 -- The Aquarian (New Jersey) -- Bruce Springsteen Takes It to the River / Dave Dimartino -- January 1981 -- Creem (US) -- Bruce Springsteen: A Responsible Rocker / Richard Williams -- May 31, 1981 -- Sunday Times (London) -- pt. III "GLORY DAYS" -- Born in the U.S.A. produces megafame as Springsteen undergoes changes on the home front and splits with the E Street Band -- The Bruce Springsteen Interview / Don McLeese -- October 1984 -- International Musician and Recording World (UK) -- American Heartbeat / Patrick Humphries -- November 2, 1984 -- Hot Press (Dublin, Ireland) -- The "Boss" Has Spoken -- January 5, 1986 -- Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, Australia) -- Bob Dylan Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Speech / Bruce Springsteen -- January 20, 1988 -- New York --