"The book was just something that came along after we played the Super Bowl and I wrote a little essay that went online. Then I had two or three weeks and I said, wow, that essay was pretty good. Maybe I'll try and write some other stuff. Writing about the depression, I just felt - you know, when you write a book like this, you have to open up your life. You have to be willing to do so to a certain degree."

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Source: Bruce Springsteen: On Jersey, Masculinity And Wishing To Be His Stage Persona. Fresh Air with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 5, 2016.

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Bruce Springsteen

Musician, Singer-songwriter

Bruce Springsteen is an American singer-songwriter known for his poignant storytelling and exploration of themes like freedom and struggle in his music.

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