Springsteen Bio

 

warning, you may see parallels :-).

"And so...I build my other world. It is a world of childhood resistance, a world of passive resistance from within, my defense against "the system." It is a refusal of a world where I am not recognized, by my grandmothers lights and mine for who I am, a lost boy king forcibly exiled daily from his empire of rooms. My grandmothers house! To these schumck's I'm just another spoiled kid who will not conform to what we all ultimately must conform to, the only circumstantially-theistic kingdom of...THE WAY THINGS ARE! The problem is I don't know shit, nor care, about "the way things are." I hail from the exotic land of...THINGS THE WAY I LIKE 'EM. It's just up the street. Lets all call it a day and just go HOME. 

About Elvis:

"I do know this is what he did:  He lived a life he was driven to live and brought forth the truth that was in him and the possibilities within us.

I would really like to get a chance to meet him someday. 

What watching Elvis on Ed Sullivan that night did to him in the 50's? Is exactly what seeing him, in the next to the last show of The River tour in Cincinnati 1981 (Old riverfront coliseum, close to four hours, 13 encores or so it seemed, and a 12 minute version of twist and shout for the closer with all the house lights on) did to me. 17 years old exhausted and dripping wet with sweat head to toe...walking back to the car thinking... for the first time ever in my life...there is another way!...You don't have to do it like they all say. 

I was somewhat of a casual fan up till that evening...after that? Life long convert :-).