Status Updates From Born to Run

“If you carried enough personal weight and magic, if you were powerful enough, you could be different […] You could be who you were and the rest would just have to stand down and let it be.” (p. 85)

“and the Motown divas, men and women, who know you’ve got to play a little bit of the white man’s/rich man’s game. You have to make thoughtful compromises that don’t sell out your soul, that let you reach just a little bit higher until your moment comes and then /you/ set the rules.” (p. 79)

Just started but so excited to read this after seeing The Boss this past weekend.