Sheryl Crow admits moving from Los Angeles to Tennessee ‘saved my life’

Musician Sheryl Crow says her decision to enjoy the sun away from Los Angeles and adopt a more country lifestyle in Tennessee ultimately saved her life.

Performing at the 2023 Sea.Hear.Now music festival in New Jersey this weekend, the Grammy Award winner empathized with her audience members who are going through difficult times.

“I know how difficult it is, especially for young people – and I don’t know if anyone struggled like I did when I was young – but these are difficult waters to navigate now,” she shared.

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“I’ll just tell you, for me, getting out in nature really saved my life,” she said before performing “Cross Creek Road,” according to People magazine.

“So I moved to Nashville and bought a farm,” the 61-year-old said. “I sat in the trees and just asked God to give me some answers – and I ended up writing this song.”

Sheryl Crow sympathized with her group members who were going through tough times and navigating the world right now. (Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)

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Crow packed up his bags and moved to the music hub in 2003, telling Rolling Stone: “I completely identify with Nashville because I have a lot of friends there who also work in the music business… But not only that, I simply identify with “

She told the New York Times that she purchased her farm just two weeks after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

“I didn’t feel like I had roots anywhere,” she shared of the move.

Sheryl Crow has lived in Tennessee since 2003. In 2007 and 2010, she adopted her two sons Wyatt and Levi. (Gilbert Flores/WWD via Getty Images)

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Crow, who adopted sons Wyatt and Levi in ​​2007 and 2010 respectively, also noted that Tennessee is the perfect place to raise her children — away from the cameras.

“It’s great to see my kids growing up with the mentality that they live in a community, they get lucky by helping others, there’s no paparazzi there.”