Some of it’s connected to older pain, buried and layered under years of living. Springsteen talks about his dad suffering from schizophrenia. He talks about having a “very, very strange upbringing,” which contributed, he says, to his feeling like an outsider, struggling to fit, struggling to find his voice. It’s why he was always shy. It’s why, he says, a lot of artists are shy.
Column: Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen turn an unlikely friendship into a deeply personal podcast. Their timing is perfect.
