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Lately, Bruce Springsteen<\/a> has found himself in the crossfire of one of the biggest battles known to man: how to stay young, relevant, and exciting. Plagued by the reality of countless generational heroes being left by the wayside to make way for fresher faces, Springsteen has performed his own type of artistic surgery time and time again to ensure his voice always remains among the loudest.<\/p>\n This isn\u2019t a battle that he faces alone, but it\u2019s one he seems to have mastered more than most, coming away from the fight relatively unscathed even after standing off with some of the more prominent (and villainous) opposers, like his recent one with Donald Trump. Obviously, his concerns with our ageist society feel far more high-stakes than telling the US President off, especially when the latter\u2019s only weapon is going after the singer\u2019s \u201cRadical Left Politics\u201d.<\/p>\n But this forms part of a larger whole, with Springsteen\u2019s ability to step out and into the light with such vivacity stemming from a broader, more hard-hitting truth about who he is in the modern landscape: a voice that people still want to listen to. That in itself is even difficult for modern stars to achieve, most of them sort of favouring the sitting duck position over speaking up with any sort of indication that could eventually tarnish their reputation (but activism versus silence is a whole other debate entirely). <\/p>\n The point is: Springsteen still has his platform not because he speaks up on matters but because he\u2019s always primed his stage with delicacy, evolving with the times like the gradual or subtle changes every iOS update \u2013 not exactly the perfect metaphor, but the idea is that, to Springsteen, keeping pace when you\u2019re growing older is an exact science. You can\u2019t move too fast, but staying still is almost certainly self-sabotage.<\/p>\n More to the point, it\u2019s not just about Springsteen\u2019s ability to stay integrated into the political climate. That\u2019s what he\u2019s always done, and it\u2019s not necessarily new now. But it certainly feels like it\u2019s entirely unforced, though perhaps that\u2019s more reflective of someone who has no interest in imitating who they once were or becoming the stars of today: Springsteen knows what he has to offer, and that\u2019s always been his deepest truth.<\/p>\n But who else has entered this strangely niche arena filled with older legends who\u2019re still at it as feverishly as they were back then? The ones who still play among newcomers today, without karaoke-ing themselves into oblivion? According to Springsteen, it\u2019s names you\u2019d probably expect to hear when it comes to everlasting warriors. \u201cDylan keeps making good albums,\u201d he told The Times<\/a>. \u201cThe Rolling Stones are playing the best they\u2019ve ever played.\u201d<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cThese guys are trying to figure out the same thing I\u2019m trying to figure out: how do you do this now and how do you stay great? Today, the music of youth is Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan. You have to let other people have their time, but you still have a bunch of older guys with something to say. Ultimately, it\u2019s simple: you\u2019re still trying to bring joy, thought and inspiration into people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n