Bruce Springsteen:
Probably like most musicians of my generation, I first really heard Chuck Berry through The Rolling Stones. I think I learned my first Chuck Berry lead from Keith Richards, probably. And that first Rolling Stones record, when I think they had "Oh, Carol" and a few other Chuck Berry songs on it. And then from them I kind of looked back and I got his records. I guess the funny thing was that his influence on my own writing came out more later on when I wanted to write the way I thought that people talk. Cause that's how I felt, that's how he writes. You know, right before - you know, if you listen to one of his songs, it sounds like somebody's coming in, sitting down in a chair, and telling you about - a story about their aunt or their brother or describing some girl. Descriptiveness. And his eye for detail. Like Nadine: She was standing on a corner, I saw her on a corner, She turned and doubled back, Started walking to a coffee colored Cadillac. You know, it's like, I've never seen a coffee colored Cadillac, but, I know exactly what one looks like.
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05/03/2025 alle ore 08:05