>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK AGAIN , EVERYBODY!
MY NEXT GUEST IS A GRAMMY AWARD WINNING ROCK STAR WHO MADE
MULTIPLE APPEARANCES HERE AS THE LEAD SINGER OF WILCO.
HE'S GOING TO PERFORM LATER.
BUT FIRST PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW," A LOVELY MAN
FROM CHICAGO, JEFF TWEEDY!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( BAND PLAYING )
>> Stephen: I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE!
THANK YOU, THAT'S HOW THE BIG STARS DO IT.
YOU'VE GOT TO HUG SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE.
>> I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
>> Stephen: YOU'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE? I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU
>> WE'VE SPOKEN BUT I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
THIS IS THE COOLEST THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: UH I DOUBT THAT.
IT IS.
>> Stephen: PRETTY COOL FOR US NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK IN THE PAST ON TOLD SHOW.
WE'VE HAD YOU ON THIS SHOW A BUNCH.
HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?
>> GOOD.
I HAVE BEEN BUSY.
>> Stephen: YOU WROTE A BOOK.
I WROTE A BOOK?
IT'S CALLED "LET'S GO (SO WE CAN GET BACK)" HOW OLD ARE YOU ON
THE COVER OF THIS BOOK HERE?
>> 22, MAYBE.
>> Stephen: THIS IS YOU.
THIS IS YOU ON THE BACK.
( LAUGHTER ) ROCK AND ROLL LIFESTYLE TAKE ITS
TOLL.
>> IT'S A PRETTY STARK BEFORE AND AFTER.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU'RE YOUNGER THAN I AM.
NOW WRITING A MEMOIR, YOU'RE STILL A PRETTY YOUNG GUY.
CAN YOU WRITE A MEMOIR AND STILL ROCK?
>> UH -- YEAH, I THOUGHT I WOULD WRITE IT NOW BEFORE I FORGET
EVERYTHING.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: IS THERE A
POSSIBILITY THAT IT MIGHT ALL BE GONE?
>> IT'S ALL FADING, ALREADY.
SO, YEAH -- ( LAUGHTER )
I WASN'T SURE ANYBODY WOULD WANT ME TO WRITE A BOOK IN TEN YEARS,
SO I TAUT I WOULD TAKE THE -- >> Stephen: OPPORTUNITY NOW.
THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> Stephen: STRIKE WHILE THE IRON'S HOT.
>> MM-HMM.
>> Stephen: IN THIS BOOK, YOU SAY YOU IF YOU AT A YOUNG AGE
YOU WANTED TO PERFORM, HOW DID THAT MANIFEST ITSELF AND HOW
YOUNG WERE YOU WHEN YOU SAID, YEAH, I'M GOING TO BE A ROCK AND
ROLLER?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
MY MOM WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD STAND AND POINT AT THE STEREO
UNTIL SHE PUT A RECORD ON.
>> Stephen: BEFORE YOU COULD TALK?
>> BEFORE I COULD TALK.
YEAH.
THAT'S THE STORY IN MY FAMILY.
BUT -- IN THE BOOK, I TALK ABOUT GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE THIRD
GRADE AND PLAYING BORN TO RUN BRING BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR MY
FRIENDS AND TELLING THEM IT WAS ME.
>> Stephen: DID YOU BRING THE ALBUM IN OR DID YOU --
>> TO, I RECORDED IT OFF THE RADIO.
AND I PUT MY NAME ON IT.
( LAUGHTER ) AND I TOLD THEM THAT'S ME.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU TOLD THEM YOU
WROTE IT, TOO?
>> I'M PLAYING ALL THE INSTRUMENTS.
THAT'S MY VOICE.
>> Stephen: THE TOWN TOOK THE BONES FROM YOUR BACK?
>> I HAD A LOT ON MY MIND AT EIGHT.
>> Stephen: DID THEY BUY IT?
NO, THEY DIDN'T BUY IT.
IT WAS UPPT JUST THE SONG EITHER IT WAS THE WHOLE ALBUM.
>> Stephen: WOW.
THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE THEFT.
>> IT'S PRETTY -- YEAH, REALLY TERRIFYING ABILITY TO IDENTIFY
WITH -- >> Stephen: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN.
I KNEW IT HAPPENED WITH ROCKY , TOO.
I WENT TO SEE ROCKY WHEN IT CAME OUT AND I CAME HOME AND KNOCKED
MYSELF OUT WITH A DOORKNOB BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT LOOKED COOL
TO HAVE A BLACK EYE.
( LAUGHTER ) THIS HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD FOR ME
>> Stephen: SURE.
I'M GLAD I'M HAVING THIS MOMENT TO SHARE THAT.
>> Stephen: I CAN SEE WHY YOU DON'T REMEMBER SOME OF THIS
STUFF.
( LAUGHTER ) >> RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WE'VE GOT TO GO HERE.
YOU'RE GOING TO PERFORM IN JUST A MOMENT.
BEFORE WE DO, YOU CAME ON HERE AND DID SOME SONGS FROM THIS
ALBUM TWO YEARS AGO.
>> MM-HMM.
>> Stephen: TWO YEARS AGO, AND THE NAME OF THE ALBUM IS "STAR
WARS."
WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT THE TIME.
WHY SIT NAMED "STAR WARS" -- WHY IS THIS NAMED "STAR WARS"?
>> WE WANTED TO CALL THE ALBUM " CEASE AND DESIST," AND WE WERE
TRYING TO GET GEORGE LUCAS TO SUE US SO WE COULD RE-RELEASE
THE ALBUM AS CEASE AND DESIST, AND IT JUST DIDN'T HAPPEN.
( LAUGHTER ) HE DIDN'T BITE.
>> Stephen: YOU HAD ANOTHER ATTEMPT.
YOU ALSO THOUGHT OF RELEASING IT LIKE THIS.
>> OTHER WAY.
>> Stephen: OTHER WAY?
YEAH.
( LAUGHTER ) WE WERE TRYING TO PICTURE THE
MOST LITIGIOUS ALBUM COVER WE COULD COME UP WITH.
>> Stephen: DIDN'T HAPPEN?
OUR LAWYER SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOUR ALBUM IS
CALLED "WARM."
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO PLAY FOR FROM IT?
"LET'S GO RAIN."
IT'S A JOYOUS PLEA FOR THE SWEET RELIEF OF DEATH.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: JEFF, GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE!
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