When Bruce Springsteen was 19, he dodged his army draft by behaving “crazily” during the induction and not writing anything in tests. He later went on to write the song “Born in the USA” which was the singer’s reflection on the plight of American veterans returning home from Vietnam.

Bruce Springsteen

1964–1972: Early years

This was different, shifted the lay of the land. Four guys, playing and singing, writing their own material … Rock ‘n’ roll came to my house where there seemed to be no way out … and opened up a whole world of possibilities.

—Bruce Springsteen, on the impact of The Beatles

Springsteen grew up hearing fellow New Jersey singer Frank Sinatra on the radio. He became interested in being involved in music himself when, in 1956 and 1957, at the age of seven, he saw Elvis Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show. Soon after this his mother rented him a guitar from Mike Diehl’s Music in Freehold for $6 a week but it failed to provide him with the ‘instant gratification’ he desired. In 1964, Springsteen saw the Beat… Continue Reading

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen#Career