What if what you do to survive kills the things you love?
Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny.
'Darkness on the Edge of Town' came out of a huge body of work that had tons of very happy songs.
I think I created my particular stage persona out of my dad's life. And perhaps I even built it to suit him to some degree. I was looking for - when I was looking for a voice to mix with my voice, I put on my father's work clothes, as I say in the book, and I went to work.
From the beginning, I imagined I would have a long work life.
The best music is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with.