He describes growing up Catholic in Freehold, New Jersey, amid the poetry, danger, and darkness that fueled his imagination, leading up to the moment he refers to as "The Big Bang": seeing Elvis Presley's debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. Over the past seven years, Bruce Springsteen has privately devoted himself to writing the story of his life, bringing to this audio the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs. That's how this extraordinary autobiography began. The experience was so exhilarating that Bruce decided to write about it. In 2009, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed at the Super Bowl's halftime show. In these pages, I've tried to do this." (Bruce Springsteen, from the audio of Born to Run) But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise: to show the reader his mind. "Writing about yourself is a funny business. Winner of the 2018 Audie Award for Autobiography/Memoir
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