WE'RE BACK WITH BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, WHOSE NOW ALBUM

"LETTER TO YOU" AND DOCUMENTARY OF THE SAME NAME ARE OUT THIS

FRIDAY.

I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT ANOTHER SINGER/SONGED WRITER WE LOST

THIS YEAR, WHO WAS VERY IDIOSYNCRATIC IN HIS OWN WAY AND

WAS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH BEING A WRITER OF THE WORKING MAN LIKE

YOU, AND THAT'S JOHN PRIEN.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THE LOSS OF JOHN THIS YEAR?

>> OH, MAN.

JOHN WAS-- WE WERE NEW DYLANS TOGETHER SO WE WERE INEXTRICABLY

ENTWINED FOR LONG PARTS OF OUR CAREER IN THE SENSE THAT I THINK

WE HAD RECORDS THAT CAME OUT ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY.

HIS FIRST RECORD AND MINE WERE VERY CLOSE, VERY CLOSE,

CLOSE WHEN THEY CAME OUT.

AND OF COURSE I HEARD HIS FIRST RECORD AND SAID UH-OH.

( LAUGHTER ) THERE'S ANOTHER GUY OUT THERE

THAT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD.

YOU KNOW.

AND, OF COURSE, HE WAS.

AND REMAINED SO HIS WHOLE LIFE.

AND OF COURSE WE GOT TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER A LITTLE BIT, AND

BESIDES BEING AN INCREDIBLE MUSICIAN, HE WAS A LOVELY,

LOVELY MAN, AND A NATIONAL TREASURE FOR US.

SO HIS-- HIS-- AND TO HAVE HIM, YOU KNOW,...

TO HAVE HIM PASS AWAY OF COVID WAS JUST A TRAGEDY, A NATIONAL

LOSS.

>> Stephen: WELL, BEFORE I LET YOU GO, BRUCE, I'D BE REMISS IF

I DID NOT POINT OUT THE TREMENDOUS MILESTONE YOU JUST

REACHED, WHICH I FOUND OUT THROUGH YOUR FRIEND AND MINE,

NILES LOFGREN, THE BIG NEWS, MY BOSS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN HAS GOT

HIS OWN EMOJY.

YOU HAVE BEEN RELEASED AS AN EMOJY RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S IT.

>> YEAH, I'M -- >> Stephen: YOU DID IT, MAN.

THE DREAM IS A REALITY.

>> I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT EXACTLY MEANS.

I MEAN, I KNOW WHAT AN EMOJY IS, BUT DOES THAT MEAN EVERYONE HAS

ACCESS TO THAT -- >> Stephen: YES.

EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO THIS.

IF THEY WANT TO JUST SAY, "HEY, I WAS LISTENING TO SOME BRUCE

SPRINGSTEEN, "" THEY CAN JUT PUT THAT PICTURE UP INSTEAD ON THEIR

PHONE.

IT'S MUCH QUICKER.

>> I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.

( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: I THINK YOU'RE

VERY NICE.

>> THANK YOU, STEVE.

>> Stephen: WELL, BRUCE, GOOD TALKING TO YOU.

>> MUCH LOVE, MY FRIEND.

>> Stephen: BACK-- BACK TO YOU.

I HOPE YOU'RE TAKING-- YOUR SAFE AND STERILE AND SOUND, WHEREVER

YOU ARE.

AND-- >> SO FAR.

>> Stephen: AND SURROUNDED BY A POD FULL OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY

WHO YOU CAN SHARE THE MOMENT WITH.

BRUCE, WOULD YOU-- WOULD YOU B BE-- FEEL COMFORTABLE TO PLAY US

OUT WITH SOMETHING?

>> YOU KNOW, OKAY.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ PAINTED PICTURES AND OLD

SCRABBOOK FADED PICTURES THAT SOMEBODY

TOOK ♪ WHEN YOU WERE HARD AND YOUNG

AND PROUD ♪ BACKED AGAINST THE WALL

RUNNING, ROLLING LOUD ♪ SNAKESKIN VEST, SHARKSKIN SUIT

♪ CUBAN HEELS ON YOUR BOOTS ♪ I FORGET THE REST.

( LAUGHTER ).

>> Stephen: WELL, THEN MIGHT I RECOMMEND THE ALBUM "LETTER TO

YOU" BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN.

IT'S GOT ALL THE LYRICS.

IT HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S LATEST

HITS.

"LETTER TO YOU" IS OUT NOW THIS FRIDAY.

YOU CAN SEE HIS DOCUMENTARY OF THE SAME NAME THIS FRIDAY ON

APPLE TVPLUS.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, EVERYBODY.

>> I NEED ONE OF THOSE MYSELF.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH ACTRESS AND PRODUCER EVA LONGORIA.

THANK YOU, BRUCE.