Bruce Springsteen sticks to his New Jersey roots, avoiding Los Angeles and New York to stay near his hometown of Freehold.
“This is certainly not Los Angeles,” Springsteen said. Sunday Times In a new interview. “I feel safe here. This is where my people are, this is where the people I wrote about are. I was never a worldly young man.”
The “Born to Run” singer said she “didn't feel comfortable while living in Los Angeles” in the '80s and '90s and “didn't feel comfortable in New York either.”
Bruce Springsteen said he preferred living in New Jersey and never felt “comfortable” in Los Angeles or New York. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
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“I don't think you'll find a photo of me falling out of a nightclub in either venue. And when Patti and I had kids, I wasn't happy about them growing up in Los Angeles. I was 6. I grew up in a block of people. We moved back here because it was where our relatives lived. The kids had uncles and aunts nearby and it was nice to not be in this industry type of place. The price was a normal life.”
“I feel safe here. This is where my people are, this is where the people I wrote about are. I was never a worldly young man.”
Furthermore, he added: “It's funny. People often grow up in places they weren't sure about, for a variety of reasons. And then, whether it's because of nostalgia or because they feel like they have firm ground, they realize… Now I love my hometown. ”
Springsteen and his wife Patti Scialfa have three children: Sam, a firefighter, Evan, a music content editor, and Jessica, an Olympic silver medalist in equestrian.
Sam Springsteen, Evan Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, Bruce Springsteen and Jessica attend the 72nd Annual Tony Awards Ceremony held at Radio City Music Hall on June 10, 2018 in New York City. Springsteen. (Photo credit: Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic)
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The 75-year-old said his children didn't know who their father was, but he and Patti intentionally kept their family out of the spotlight.
“When they were little, they'd hear me on the radio and they'd say, 'Bruce Springsteen!'” It was this abstract idea that seemed to be part of their lives. “It was their way of separating the father from the character,” he said.
The “Dancing in the Dark” singer continued, “A lot of times we just didn't expose them to that. They'd come to a few concerts and then go back to the room and shoot the video. I was playing the game, but I didn't know much about it.'' More than they had read about it, they wanted to bring friends to the show, but apart from that, they wanted to bring their own Choose a life, develop your own work, find your own partner and family. I distance myself from the strangeness of my job. ”
Springsteen said he keeps his children at a “reasonable distance from the weirdness” of his job. (John Medina/Getty Images)
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Springsteen said in 2017: new york times His children had a “healthy indifference” to his career.
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“We had children late, so I was 40 when my first son was born, and they had shown a healthy disinterest in our work for years. had their own musical heroes and their own music of interest.'If someone said the title of my song, I'd be pretty deadpan, and I'd always say we're good. I thought I did my job,” Springsteen said.
