The hungry and the haunted explode in a rock'n'roll band.
Interpretation
This quote reflects the powerful emotions and experiences of those who are marginalized or struggling, expressing their truths through music.
Bruce Springsteen's quote highlights the intersection of desperation and creativity found in rock'n'roll music. The 'hungry' refer to those who feel deprived, both materially and emotionally, while the 'haunted' represent individuals grappling with their past and inner demons. Together, they create raw, powerful music that resonates with listeners on a deep level, serving as a form of expression and release for their suffering.
In practice
In a speech about the impact of music on society, you might use this quote to illustrate how artists channel their struggles into their work.
I played in front of every conceivable audience you could face: an all-black audience, all-white, firemen's fairs, policemen's balls, in front of supermarkets, bar mitzvahs, weddings, drive-in theaters. I'd seen it all before I ever walked into a recording studio.
I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart _x000D_ _x000D_ Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts.
Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell_x000D_ And I feel like I'm comin' home.
The artists we love, they put their fingerprint on your imagination, and on your heart and your soul.
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk.
I was always concerned with writing to my age at a particular moment. That was the way I would keep faith with the audience that supported me as I went along.
I'm not sure I would have ever started to draw, let alone write, if my childhood hadn't been so happy. It was a mixture of comfort and adventure. An excellent mixture!
All you have to do is play one note. But it needs to be the right note.
All women's dresses, in every age and country, are merely variations on the eternal struggle between the admitted desire to dress and the unadmitted desire to undress.
People expect things from art that are horrible for us who make it! They put the things we make in these restrictive places called 'museums,' then don't want to hear another word from us.
'Vogue' and 'Vice' may appear to some to see the world through different lenses. But in my view, both are fearless and breathtaking, with unquenchable curiosity and vigor.
We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.
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