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Talk about a dream, the essential interviews of Bruce Springsteen, edited by Christopher Phillips and Louis P. Masur

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Talk about a dream

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edited by Christopher Phillips and Louis P. Masur

the essential interviews of Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen often prefers to let his music do the talking. His onstage stories and shaggy dog tales have long entertained his fans, but his songs and his guitar provide the most direct line to their hearts. Considering his prominence on the rock 'n' roll landscape, Springsteen has spent remarkably little of his 40-year recording career speaking to the press. But when he does decide to sit down and talk, the conversations tend to be momentous. Q&As with Bruce Springsteen reveal an artist with great insight and self-awareness, a student of music, an avid searcher, an astute observer of humanity from the boardwalk to America at large. Much has been written about the Boss, but few can be said to know the man as well as he knows himself, and the best of Springsteen's own words are collected here in Talk About a Dream. Gathering more than 30 different interviews spanning from 1973 to 2013, this volume captures his remarkable personality<U+2014>one that takes interviews as seriously as making music. These eye-opening conversations chart Springsteen<U+2019>s development as an artist, a thinker, and a public figure, shedding light on everything from the meaning of lyrics to his evolution from rebel rocker to global icon

Barbara Schoeneweis, Asbury Park evening press (Feb. 9, 1973) -- Robert Hilburn, Melody maker (Aug. 24, 1974); Ed Sciaky, WMMR (Nov. 3, 1974) -- "The lost Interviews" (1975) -- Ray Coleman, Melody maker (Nov. 15, 1975) -- Robert Duncan, Creem (January 1976) -- Dave Herman, King Biscuit flower hour (July 9, 1978) -- Dave DiMartino, Creem/Backstreets (October 1980) -- Dave Marsh, Musician (February 1981) -- Roger Scott and Patrick Humphries, Hot press (Nov. 2, 1984) -- Chet Flippo, Musician (November 1984) -- James Henke, Rolling stone (Aug. 6, 1992) -- Neil Strauss, Guitar world (October 1995) -- Bob Costas, Columbia radio hour (November 1995) -- Gavin Martin, New musical express (March 9, 1996) -- Judy Wieder, Advocate (Apr. 2, 1996) -- Will Percy, Double take (Spring 1998) -- Mark Hagen, Mojo (January 1999) -- Patrick Humphries, Record collector (February 1999) -- Ken Tucker, Entertainment weekly (Feb. 28, 2003) -- Christopher Phillips, Backstreets (Aug. 1, 2004) -- Nick Hornby, Guardian (July 17, 2005) -- Phil Sutcliffe, Mojo (January 2006) -- Dave Marsh, Backstreets (Spring 2006) -- Christopher Phillips, Backstreets (Aug. 24, 2007) -- Scott Pelley, 60 minutes (Oct. 7, 2007) -- Mark Hagen, Guardian (Jan. 18, 2009) -- Elvis Costello, Spectacle (Sept. 25, 2009 and Jan. 27, 2010) -- James Henke, Backstreets (Summer 2010) -- International Press Conference in Paris (February 2012) -- Robert Santelli, Grammy.com (Feb. 7, 2013)

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