From beginning to end.. The AC-DC story is .. amazing...relentless..inspiring, keep goin ...keep goin.. ..... In the beginning of the book you talk about the heart wrenching circumstances in which you reconnected with AC/DC. How did that vulnerable state allow you to hear the band differently? Jesse Fink: Yes, I make the point in the author’s note that good music “immortalises those beautiful, private moments of existential clarity” and “makes us embrace life and its vicissitudes.” I think what I went through – seeing my wife of 10 years leave for another man, experiencing unremitting loneliness, enduring years of depression, raising a young girl amid all this darkness – made me mentally stronger and more determined to dig myself out of the trough I was in. I found music helped me more than anything else and still does. Whenever I feel vulnerable or emotionally weak in some way I listen to music to give me that lift and make me focus on what I need to do to be a better person. Just listen to the lyrics to “It’s a Long Way to the Top”, for example. It’s a great code for living. You want to get anywhere in this life you need to work your hide off and never lose sight of your goal. Those guys in AC/DC inspired me and they continue to inspire me. They’re a living example of what hard work, self-belief, talent and mental fortitude can do. I take my hat off to them.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 12:45:22 +0000
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