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All you can do is show people...You tell stories that are true and compelling.
Bruce Springsteen
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Bruce Springsteen
Age: 74
Born: 1949
Born: September 23
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Long Branch
New Jersey
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen
The Boss
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I'm not in any rush. I'm not somebody who, if I write a song, I get it out. That's not something I've ever really quite done.
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