- Bruce records and tours with the E Street Band.
- Bruce is widely known for his brand of heartland rock infused with pop hooks, poetic lyrics, and Americana sentiments centered on his native New Jersey.
- Bruce's recordings have tended to alternate between commercially accessible rock albums and somber folk-oriented works.
- Bruce's most successful studio albums, Born to Run and Born in the U.S.A. made him one of the most recognized artists of the 1980s.
- Because of his support for the presidential campaigns of Senator John Kerry and Senator Barack Obama, Bruce has gradually become identified with liberal politics.
- Bruce is also noted for his support of various relief and rebuilding efforts in New Jersey and elsewhere, and for his response to the September 11th attacks, on which his album The Rising reflects.
- Bruce has earned numerous awards for his work, including nineteen Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes and an Academy Award.
- Bruce has sold more than 65 million albums in the United States and 120 million worldwide.
Bruce was raised a Roman Catholic.
- Old teachers have said Bruce was a "loner, who wanted nothing more than to play his guitar."
- Bruce was inspired to take up music at the age of seven after seeing Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show.
- At 13, he bought his first guitar for $18; later, his mother took out a loan to buy the 16-year-old Bruce a $60 Kent guitar, an event he later memorialized in his song "The Wish".
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