Bruce Springsteen

10 Interesting Facts:

1. Bruce Sringsteen was asked to star in the movie, Eddie and the Cruisers, however he declined the opportunity because he was not ready to be a movie star.
2. Bruce wrote the song, "Into the Fire", days after 9/11 attacks, although had a change of heart when it came time to publish the song, because he felt as though it was to early. Instead, he chose to publish the song, "My City of Ruins", that was written for Asbury Park, not 9/11.
3. Springsteen's first top 10 single on the U.S. Billboard chart was "Hungry Heart".
4. Before singing, "Born to Run", Bruce Springsteen would turn to the crowd and say, "nobody wins, unless everybody wins".
5. In Bruce Springsteen's song, "My Best Was Never Good Enough", he stole the lines "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get" from the movie "Forrest Gump".
6. Springsteen wrote the songs, "Bobby Jean" and "No Surrender" about Steven Van Zandt, a guitarist for the E Street Band, and close friend of Bruce.
7. At the age of 15, Bruce gave up his dreams of being a pro baseball player after he saw Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show, and began playing the guitar in clubs at the age of 16.
8. In September 28, 2007, Bruce performed on The Today Show, and sang the song, "Radio Nowhere," in which the chorus contains the line, "Is there anybody alive out there?" In a response, an audience member held up a sign that said, "We're all alive out here."
9. At 13, Springsteen bought his first guitar for $18, and he still plays that same guitar to this day.
10. Springsteen hated high school, and he ended up skipping his high school graduation ceremony. The following line in the song, "No Surrender", portrays this:
    "We learned more from a 3 minute record than we ever learned in school"