Stereo Embers The Podcast 0054: John Ondrasik (Five For Fighting)

“John Ondrasik And A Melancholy Life With A Lot Of Moments Of Joy”

As we all know, happiness is not a permanent state—it’s a place you get to visit, but you can’t live there. And singer/songwriter John Ondrasik is just fine with that. In this interview, the Five For Fighting frontman talks to Alex about how to strike a balance between
the creative life and the normal life offstage and he recognizes that somewhere in the middle of artistic innovation and the quotidian routine of daily existence is where true moments of joy can be found. Ondrasik chats about his new record Five For Fighting
With Strings, the relief of not having to engage in the rigors of endless album promotion and saying goodbye to his son after dropping him off at college. Ondrasik also talks about Billy Joel, the responsibility he feels towards his audience and whether or not
everything gets turned into a song.