Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson

Music

Bruce Springsteen scores $10M advance for autobiography

The Boss is about to spill the beans.

Bruce Springsteen is writing his autobiography for Simon & Schuster with an advance of more than $10 million, sources say.

Reps for the rock god and the publisher had no comment, but publishing insiders say the book will be a huge best-seller given Springsteen’s incredibly loyal fan base and his articulate handling of controversial issues.

Springsteen thought about writing his memoirs four years ago, but was dissuaded because Pete Townshend, of The Who, and Neil Young were both writing books. “I thought, f - - k it, I’m not going to do one, too,” he told the Daily Mail.

While he’s always been a champion of the blue-collar working class, Springsteen admitted he’s part of the 1 percent now.

“I’m terribly burdened at night when I’m sleeping in my big house — it’s killing me, it’s a rough life, a brutal life,” he joked. “No, it’s a blessed life, it lets me have a conversation with my ­audience about things I’m interested in.”

Among the topics he tackled in his songs are gay rights (“Streets of Philadelphia”), police brutality (“American Skin (41 Shots)”), income inequality (“The Ghost of Tom Joad”) and 9/11 (“The Rising”).

Springsteen may have decided to go back to writing his story after his longtime aide Obie Dziedzic announced last spring that she was writing a memoir about life with the Boss and the E Street Band.

Dziedzic — who has been called Springsteen’s “No. 1 fan’’ — helped the musician purchase his first car and first house, and got him to eat a healthier diet of vegetables and salad.

Her book has his blessings. His book will have more readers.