John Mellencamp
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Because you feel like, I can't breathe.
Well, I've been on stage and I remember having to plant my feet and just power through, you know, in front of 20,000 people.
I don't know if it did.
I just remember it happening numerous times.
And then guess what happened?
So, but you know what that heart attack led to?
I just married Elaine Irwin, and we had two little boys, and I got to stay home.
Because I said, fuck it, I'm going to die.
I didn't know about heart disease.
I'm going to die, so I'm going to spend the last couple years of my life with my boys, who were little teeny guys, which I want to tell you a story about them and you.
And so I got to actually kind of not be in the music business, which pleased me.
How old were you when you had your heart attack?
And so I got to stay home.