Bruce Springsteen had to cut back on his time on the road after becoming a father, as his absence proved that he was “poisonous” in his home life.
The hit player Dancing in the Dark shares three children with his wife, E Street Band member Patti Scialfa, and admits it took him some time to find the right balance between his life as a rock star and as a man. and father.
Reflecting on the lessons he learned in transitioning to a new father in Renegades: Born in the USA, his Spotify podcast with former U.S. President Barack Obama, and Springsteen recalled the dramatic change he inquired when he returned to his home in New Jersey.
“You’re the chauffeur! You’re the short morning order chef,” he told Obama, in a Billboard.com preview, adding: “And the thing is, you have to be in the place in your life where are you Love him. “
Springsteen ‘s role at home couldn’t have been more different than when he was on tour – and calling every scene: “You get up when you want to. you go in the studio when you want. You put out your record when you want, “he said.
But he realized he couldn’t keep living like that once they had sons Evan and Sam, and daughter Jessica, who has now grown up.
Springsteen explained: “You can say, ‘I’m going to be gone for three days, I’m going to be gone for three months.’ But if you know, ‘When I leave for three months, it’ s bad when I come back … When I leave for three days, it ‘s okay when I come back , ‘I’d better start going for three days!’
“All we knew when we passed a certain point was that it was not good for our friendship,” he shared as he and Scialfa decided on the perfect schedule for their family.
“We started separating … to another life and an individual,” Springsteen continued.
“The things that unbalance my life, I don’t want those as part of my life now because they poison me … And they poison my beautiful love here, you know? And so we gradually did all this out together, “he thought.
Episode seven of the podcast, Renegades: Road vs Home Life, appears on Spotify on Monday.