Bruce Springsteen thinks we'll all be okay when we get beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
Springsteen admitted in a recent session on E Street Radio that like a lot of Americans, he's helping himself to a drink each afternoon — a shot and a beer or some vodka and soda — anything to take his mind off the news.
In darker moments, The Boss says he sometimes wonders if we're living through the apocalypse. But he doesn't really believe that to be true.
"As hard as it is to believe right now, your children will go back to school," Springsteen said. "Churches will be open and full. You will once again hug and kiss family members at your gatherings. You will shout over the noise of a crowded bar to order a drink and speak to your friends. You will buy a hot dog at Yankee Stadium. You will walk through the streets of your hometown, free and easy. You may hold a complete strange on a crowded dance floor. And 50,000 people will once again scream their heads off somewhere in New Jersey."
Being isolated is difficult, even for a music icon. Springsteen says the weather forecast has never been more important to him.
Looking forward, he believes in his heart that we will find a happy new normal when we come out the other side of the pandemic...whenever that is.
You can catch Springsteen at 7 p.m. Monday, May 11, as he joins an all-star cast of musicians, including Sting and Jon Bon Jovi, in the Robin Hood: Rise Up New York! COVID-19 relief benefit.
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