American Dreams
No Satisfaction
Wednesday 23 March 2005 on NBC

With Ted, Jack's brother in the hospital he faces a tough decision to pull him of the respirator that is keeping him alive. Meg and Roxanne are excited for The Rolling Stones concert but are surprised to find where their seats are. Patty wants to become cool after being teased by some students at...

The first record John ever owned was Stevie Wonder's Sir Duke. (edit) He adopted the stage name Five For Fighting for his 1997 debut album "Message for Albert". (edit) In 2005, John (as Five for Fighting) was one of the five artists asked to appear on ESPN's SportsCenter during a weeklong segment series on the connections between music and sports. (edit) John's hit song "100 Years" was used in a JP Morgan Chase commercial, in an episode of Scrubs, in the last scenes of the final episode of JAG, and in a retrospective during Katie Couric's last day on the Today Show. (edit) John performed his famous song "Superman" at 'The Concert for New York City' in late 2001. (edit)

John Ondrasik: Many songs are left in songwriting purgatory. I usually write 50-75 songs for an album, and the strong survive. So far I have about 40 ideas. Some will turn into songs, some will fade away, and out of the songs, I hope to have a few that are meaningful. (edit) John Ondrasik: I feel I have to write a lot of songs to end up with 10 good ones for the album," he explained. "So much of the writing process is just me sitting down, banging away, trying to write good songs. You hope there's a couple days that you get excited about. I'm always looking for inspiration. (edit) John Ondrasik: To make a difference in someone's life through a song is a humbling experience and can provide inspiration and energy to continue the grind that is songwriting. There is also a cathartic nature to performing on stage that, when it goes right, is hard to top. (edit) John Ondrasik: The days of the career band are few and far between; the days of the songwriter, you could make a case similar to that. Just to be able to make a living writing songs, to me, is a minor miracle. (edit) John Ondrasik: (When asked about what exactly is Five for Fighting) What it is, is a group of people, musicians and non-musicians, working passionately to realize these songs and ideas. (edit)

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