In his searingly candid memoir, Rick pulls back the curtain on his image as a bright, shiny, happy performer to share the startling story of his rise and fall and rise in music, film, and television and his lifelong battle with depression. In the 1980s, singer-songwriter and actor Rick Springfield seemed to have it all: a mega hit single in ”Jessie’s Girl,” sold-out concert tours, follow-up hits that went on to sell over 17 million albums, and 12 million daily viewers who avidly tuned in to General Hospital to swoon over the handsome Dr. Noah Drake. Yet lurking behind his success as a pop star and soap opera heartthrob was a moody, somber, and dark soul, one filled with depression and insecurity.
