♪ - [Dad] I think about Maggie.

She was our first born, but her time with us would be less than nine months.

There were a number of forces that brought us through that experience, but in a very real way, I knew I had to get up and ride.

[light rock music] - Somebody had turned on the TV, and said, "Check this out."

"Oh, I don't know, what is this?"

He's like, "It's something called MTV."

- [Personality] Rocking and rolling with MTV Music Television.

- [Interviewee] That helped a little bit of home sickness.

[announcer faintly speaks] [fans cheering] - I didn't think that I was learning any lessons, but looking back, I did.

[light rock music] - I got hit with something, [laughs] and I didn't like it.

[light rock music] - I can remember coming into very large interstates.

That scared me to death.

- He said, "Mom, I'm HIV positive."

♪ Life goes on ♪ - And I said, "Oh my God, you're gonna die."

♪ After the thrill of living is gone ♪ - Chuck had some deal with McDonald's, right?

- Yeah- - Yeah, he had some deal.

- I just remember eating a lot of food, laughing a lot, and then being asleep on the floor in the restaurant.

♪ So let it rock ♪ - At that age, nobody thinks about the consequences.

- [Bicyclist] Real tough and demanding.

♪ Save my soul ♪ - I had been singing that song.

- Everybody's like, "Shut up, Paul."

♪ As long as you can ♪ - I don't think I should be doing this.

I don't think I'm gonna make it.

♪ Changes come around real soon ♪ ♪ Make us women and men ♪ - Chuck says, "I'm gonna give this a go too."

- We kept saying, "Let go," and he didn't, and came slamming back into the tree.

- [Paul] John Cougar crystallized the poetry of our whole summer right there.

- [Subject] We know that it gives confidence to do other things in life.

[light guitar music] - Suddenly you look back and you think, "Wow, I've come a long way."

[laughs] ♪ Oh yeah ♪ - When I look at other people and what they're struggling with, they don't have what I have, because of that trip.

I know you can do hard things.

You just keep pedaling, no matter what.

♪ They say life goes on ♪ - [Dad] This was a moment to really just live life to the fullest.

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