'Darkness on the Edge of Town' came out of a huge body of work that had tons of very happy songs.

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult. Very, very difficult.

Most bands don't work out. A small unit democracy is very, very difficult.

While I wasn't very good at much else in school, in my creative-writing classes or when we had to do some writing in my English classes, I tended to do better at it.

When I first started in rock, I had a big guy's audience for my early records. I had a very straight image, particularly through the mid '80s.

I grew up with a very big extended family, with a lot of aunts. We had about five or six houses on one street.