has insisted he’ll be making music and performing live until ‘it’s over’.
The Born To Run legend, who recently celebrated his 75th birthday, is still going strong after more than five decades at the top of his game.
‘You’ve never seen a hearse with luggage on top so that will be it for me,’ he said when asked if he has any plans to retire.
On tonight’s episode of The Show, he added: ‘I am going to keep going until it’s over.’
And despite 50 years performing, the Boss admitted he gets a feeling of ‘anxiety’ before he steps on stage, although he doesn’t think it’s the same as getting nervous.
‘I get anticipatory . It’s not quite the same thing as nervousness. It’s a natural feeling to have before you go out to challenge yourself,’ he explained.
He insisted the emotion he feels before a show are totally necessary, adding: ‘If it wasn’t there, I think there would be something wrong with you and you couldn’t do the job.’
As well as his own tours and new documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, the Thunder Road singer has been ‘involved a little’ with upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere.
The film is based on his life in the early 1980s, with The Bear star Jeremy Allen White playing Bruce himself.
‘It’s a lovely cast,’ he said, while he admitted it’s a tough job playing a musician on screen, particularly when songs are involved.
Asked if Jeremy would be lip-syncing, Bruce added: ‘This is not easy to do because you can’t do an imitation, you have to do a personal interpretation. It’s difficult but he is a great actor and sings pretty good.’
During a recent concert, the rock icon, insisting to his audience that he and his E Street Band do not intend to ‘quit’.
He has had to postpone a number of dates over the last year after various health setbacks, but in August he told fans at the Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia: ‘We ain’t quitting!’
‘We ain’t doing no farewell,’ he continued to rapturous applause. ‘Jesus Christ! No farewell tour for the E Street Band… Farewell to what? A thousand people screaming your name? Get the hell out. I ain’t going anywhere!’
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