during the peak of his career.

The 75-year-old rock icon - who has recently been in the news as he clashes with Donald Trump - first tasted success with his mid-1970s album Born To Run and then experienced a significant resurgence with Born in the U.S.A. a decade later. In an interview with The Sunday Times, he confessed that while he had "no particular interest" in maintaining that level of fame, it was a "cool thing" at the time.

He said, "Well, I was 35. I had previous experience [of fame] at 25, so I was capable of handling the moment. Ninety per cent I enjoyed the ride, 10 per cent of it was stressful, and my take on it now is that it was a cool thing to be at the height of the cultural conversation in the pop world for a while. I just didn't have any particular interest in staying there. That's a fool's game."

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The Dancing in the Dark singer also leads the E Street Band and currently resides in New Jersey with his wife and bandmate Patti Scialfa. Together they have three children: Evan, 34, Jessica, 33, and Samuel, 31.

Springsteen emphasized that the work he does now is more about creating "writing great" music than making money, stating it's more "important than the money." He elaborated, "Of course, and I was lucky enough to have Elvis, the Beatles and Bob Dylan, to follow in their footsteps - or not follow in their footsteps. From there I learnt how important it was not to lose focus on who I am or the work I'm doing.

"It's more important than the money, although it's great to get paid well. It's more important than the fame, although that can be fun too, and a nuisance on occasion. I simply wanted to write great songs, play great shows and have a conversation with a great audience. It is what I've dedicated my life to doing."

Bruce recently opened up about his upcoming movie biopic as he admitted it tells the story of "some of the most painful times" in his life. The iconic rock star spoke candidly about Deliver Me From Nowhere, confessing that sometimes during the filming process, he would avoid "deeply personal" scenes on his set visits. Bruce is portrayed by Jeremy Allen White in the film, which released its first trailer on June 18.

The movie chronicles the creation of his 1982 album Nebraska. At the time, he was a young up-and-coming musician who was on the path to becoming a global superstar but was struggling with the pressure of becoming successful and battling the demons from his past. Bruce recorded Nebraska on a 4-track recorder in his New Jersey bedroom. The album is still one of his most widely recognized works thanks to the raw and emotional acoustic tracks that easily connect to his audience and to those searching for hope from a darker place.

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Bruce was asked what it was like to watch someone play him in his younger years. He said, "I'm sure it's much worse for the actor than for me. Jeremy Allen White was very, very tolerant of me the days that I would appear on the set."

Bruce revealed that he told Jeremy, "Look, anytime I'm in the way, just give me the look and I'm on my way home. The days that I got out there, he was wonderfully tolerant with me being there. And it was just fun. It was enjoyable."

But the iconic star said the filming process had "some unusualness" because the biopic "involves, in some ways, some of the most painful days of my life." He then confessed that when certain scenes were being filmed, he decided to stay away from the set. "If there was a scene coming up that was sometimes really deeply personal, I wanted the actors to feel completely free, and I didn’t want to get in the way, and so I would just stay at home," he said.

Bruce added, "If Scott Cooper, the director, wanted or needed me there for something, I would try to make it. But I was on tour in Canada for the whole first month or so of the filming, and so I was out really out on the road quite a bit and working at that time."

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