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Back in July, Forbes reported that Bruce Springsteen's net worth was $1.1 billion. During a recent interview with theTelegraph, the Boss admitted their estimation wasn't right.
“I’m not a billionaire. I wish I was, but they got that real wrong," he said. "I’ve spent too much money on superfluous things.”
The beloved singer-songwriter, who became the voice of the working class after releasing his 1975 breakout album Born to Run, admitted in his memoir that he didn't enter a place of financial stability until the early '80s. During the interview, Springsteen explained that the financial "good fortune" came from “put[ting] the work in.” He also warned that when a musician's only goal is money, “that’s usually where people go south.” For him, the music and art come first. “If I had failed at that, I would have failed at everything, in my opinion,” Springsteen said.
Elsewhere in the interview, Springsteen spoke about Jeremy Allen White being cast as him in a new biopic. “I only had to see him on The Bear, and I knew he was the right guy, because he had that interior life – but he also had a little swagger,” he said. Deliver Me From Nowhere is slated for a 2025 release.