“The way this came up, we did have a bunch of long conversations together and I always say when I first met Bruce, he seemed like…surprisingly shy considering he goes out there and sings before tens of thousands of people for hours at a time,” the former president explained. “We just ended up being in settings where we’d these long conversations and I thought, the things we’re talking about — what does it mean to be a man, what does it mean to be a American — these were the things that were popping up over a meal, and I thought, ‘You know what? This might be something that would be useful for folks to hear.'”
“I initially though that he had gotten the wrong number when he called me. And I said, ‘Okay, let me figure this out. I’m a guitar playing high school graduate from Freehold, New Jersey, and you want me to do what?'” Springsteen added.
Obama and Springsteen’s new book, Renegades: Born in the USA, will be released on Tuesday, Oct. 26. See the interview clip below.
