Rick Springfield will sign copies of his book “Late, Late at Night” at the Warren County Public Library, beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday.

Singer, songwriter and actor Rick Springfield said he’s not sure what his new book, “Late, Late at Night,” will mean for his career or future.

“I didn’t write it as a career move,” Springfield said in a telephone interview Thursday after meeting with “people” from People magazine.

“I’ve joked on stage that some people aren’t going to like me very much after they read this,” he said.

But Springfield said he has gotten good response from the memoir, which he will sign in Bowling Green beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Warren County Public Library. Doors for the signing open at 6 p.m.

The book, written in a raw, lightly edited style, lays bare Springfield’s life, which was filled with many successes, several failures and was marred by depression that he still battles today at 61.

On why he wrote the book and used its compositional style, Springfield said: “I wanted to write a story – I have had a very interesting life,” he said. “I had to tell the truth. There was no point in doing a half-assed job.”

The book is pretty dark, but Springfield said he tried to add some humor to it.

Springfield said he believes his editor and publisher Touchstone (a division of Simon & Schuster) were pleased that he actually had a “voice” throughout the book, which he wrote himself.

“I’ve learned lessons from the things I’ve done,” he said.

But Springfield said he wouldn’t presume to offer anyone advice, including his children, about those lessons.

His talking openly about a life-long battle with depression has prompted discussions with even interviewers, he said, who seem to be talking for the first time about battling the disease themselves.

That depression and self-flagellation led Springfield to use sex as a way to try to feel better. Springfield said the sex he writes about in his book is not presented in a salacious way, but was necessary to tell his story.

“Every guy on the road is having as much sex as he can,” he said. “It only became an issue for me when I wanted to change my lifestyle. … That’s when I realized it wasn’t really working.”

Springfield struggled with kicking his sex habit and tried to remain faithful to his wife, Barbara. But that depression, which he nicknamed Mr. D., kept telling him he’d feel better about himself if he had sex.

Mr. D first visited Springfield at a young age, forcing him at 17 to try to commit suicide by hanging. But the rope frayed and the young Springfield fell to the ground outside his home in Australia, setting him on a path to find musical success.

That path took many twists and turns through the music industry and acting, with Barbara mostly by his side. But it only seemed to bring true fulfillment when he was able to quiet Mr. D through counseling, sometimes Prozac or other drugs, and when he returned to believing in a god. The death of his father sent Springfield away from religion.

“I’m not part of any organized religion now,” he said. “I was raised Christian and still have a lot of that in me. But I’m still searching. I love crosses and have antique crosses decorating my home, but I also have a Buddha in front of the house and in the garden.

“There were a lot of things about how I was raised Christian that didn’t speak to me. … I was raised very fire and brimstone. … It didn’t seem like a loving god, so I had to find a god that I felt comfortable with and could live with.”

Springfield said he still is on that spiritual quest. In his book he describes several “signs” he has received over the years that showed him there is a greater being out there.

For now, Springfield – once considered a one-hit wonder for his song “Jessie’s Girl,” but who now boasts a string of hits – continues to write music and is working on a script for a new television show for himself.

After writing it, Springfield will shop for a network. And he also expects there to be a fiction book in his future.

“I still have a lot to learn,” he said. “I’m still spiritually searching; I still would like to be better at my careers – do more profound writing, and I’m sure there will be some good surprises along the way.”

Rick Springfield will sign copies of his book “Late, Late at Night” at the Warren County Public Library, beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday.

The event is free but tickets are required and can be obtained at the library.

Barnes & Noble Booksellers will be on hand to sell the book that evening, with 10 percent of proceeds going to the library, according to Jayne Pelaski, marketing manager for the library.

Pelaski said she heard Springfield was going to be in Nashville and contacted his publisher to see about bringing him here.

Pelaski said only books will be signed. No memorabilia will be allowed.

“There are people driving from Maryland, North Carolina,” she said.

About two dozen of the 700 tickets printed were expected to still be available today.