Bruce Hornsby: Singer-songwriter and pianist on his career, musical evolution

It’s fair to say Bruce Hornsby is a bit of a legend in the music game. 

Even a casual fan will know ‘The Way It Is’, the intro often considered the greatest piano intro of all time, and finding even more fame thanks to Tupac using it in ‘Changes’. 

He began his career in the 80’s, and since then, some of the biggest and best have cited his influence, including the likes of Willie Nelson and Crosby, Stills and Nash. 

Hornsby is showing no signs of slowing – releasing four albums so far in this decade alone. 

Although he’s found great success in his career, Hornsby told Mike Hosking he was a pretty bad “popstar”. 

“I was gonna do what I was gonna do whether it was successful or not,” he said. 

“Always been a musician first, and I was a bit of a creatively restless soul.”  

His music has become more experimental over the years, much to the chagrin, he says, of his long time fans. 

“I’m just interested in evolving and pushing,” Hornsby told Hosking. 

“So when, when I lose, hopefully when I lose a certain old time fan, that he just hates it, hopefully I garner some newer and most likely younger fans.”  

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