Talk About a Dream: The Essential Interviews of Bruce Springsteen - Softcover

Christopher Phillips has been covering the career of Bruce Springsteen for 20 years as the editor and publisher of Backstreets, the premier Springsteen magazine. He also created and maintains Backstreets.com, the primary web destination for Springsteen fans. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Louis P. Masur is a cultural historian and the author of many books, including Runaway Dream: Born to Run and Bruce Springsteen's American Vision. He has appeared on E Street Radio with Dave Marsh and on WFUV with Dennis Elsas, and has written about Springsteen for Slate, Salon, and other publications. He is a professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University, and lives in New Jersey."

“Chris and Lou have compiled interviews with Bruce that span his entire recording career. In reading them put together in this way, I found it remarkable how it tells the story of a thoughtful and consistently driven artist. A must-read for all serious Bruceaholics.” ―Garry Tallent, E Street Band bassist and longtime fan

“From the tentative launch of Greetings from Asbury Park in 1973 to the triumphant Wrecking Ball tour in 2013, Talk About a Dream describes the life of Bruce Springsteen in the inimitable words of the man who knows it best: Bruce Springsteen. In all his glory and bleakness; in his mythologizing and debunking; in his boasts and confessions, authors Phillips and Masur have Springsteen dead to rights.” ―Peter Ames Carlin, author of Bruce

“Christopher Phillips and Louis P. Masur have assembled a remarkable collection of interviews. Insightful and entertaining and an absolute must for Springsteen fans.” ―June Skinner Sawyers, editor, Racing in the Street The Bruce Springsteen Reader

“Talk About a Dream charts Springsteen's journey from ‘sullen mumbler' to one of the more articulate rock stars, nay cultural commentators, today; and in a manner verging on the definitive.” ―Clinton Heylin, author of E Street Shuffle: The Glory Days of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

“No artist has ever been as candid, informative, and entertaining as Bruce is in this wonderful book, Talk About a Dream. As revealing as you could possibly hope. I highly recommend it.” ―Nils Lofgren, E Street Band guitarist

“A fascinating addition to the growing shelf of Springsteen studies.” ―Kirkus Reviews

“[An] amazing volume. A worthy addition to the Springsteen literary canon.” ―Booklist (starred review)