Rock legend Bruce Springsteen, in his first television interview about his new book, opens up to Anthony Mason about his battles with crippling depression, his often strained relationship with his father, songwriting and much more on CBS SUNDAY MORNING to be broadcast Sunday, Sept. 18 (9:00 AM ET) on the CBS Television Network.
Springsteen, who turns 67 years old next week, talks with Mason about the attack of depression that hit as he entered his sixties. He credits his wife, Patti Scialfa, a member of the E Street Band, with helping him get through it.
His depression, Springsteen says, lasted for a long time. "It lasted for more than a year and then it would slip away. Then it would come back for a year and a half," Springsteen tells Mason.
"It sneaks up on you. I got to where I didn't want to get out of bed, you know? And you're not behaving well at home, and you're tough on everybody. Hopefully not the kids. I always try to hide it from the kids. But, you know, Patti really had to work with me through it - and she was... her strength and the love she had was very important."
In a wide-ranging interview, Springsteen also talks with Mason about his childhood in Freehold, NJ; his complicated relationship with his father and how that changed just before the first of Springsteen's three children were born; losing E Street bandmate and soulmate Clarence Clemons; and how he came to write his autobiography, Born to Run, published by Simon & Schuster, a division of CBS.
Springsteen's interview with
CBS SUNDAY MORNING and the release of his new book come just after Springsteen and the E Street Band have finished a world tour highlighted by record-breaking four-hour concerts.
"You're looking for a particular moment, and when you catch that, it feels so good sometimes," Springsteen says of the marathon concerts. "Then time disappears, you know."
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Rand Morrison is the executive producer.
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