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Sheryl Crow opens up her decision to leave Los Angeles and start a new life in Tennessee.
In an interview with Variety Show released Wednesday, the 63-year-old singer reflected on how she moved to Nashville nearly 20 years ago, due to her sudden cancer diagnosis and a painful breakup by then-modern Lance Armstrong and the loss of the family she will carry with him.
“We all have to be critical moments in our lives,” Crow said. “I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006 and moved here in 2007.”
After discovering his crossroads in life, Sheryl Crow decided to move from Los Angeles to Nashville. (Marvin Joseph/Washington Post via Getty Image)
She added: “I think I’m going to stand out from a relationship, I thought I was going to get married and approach the kids who were going to be my stepchildren and then diagnosed – those three things made me reassess.”
Sheryl Crow admits moving from Los Angeles to Tennessee “saved my life”
The Nine-time Grammy winner added: “I just looked at it and thought, ‘I want to take root; I want to have a family.’ “My sisters live here, my family lives in three hours and I just decided to start the second phase. ”
Crow and Armstrong began dating in 2003 and announced their engagement in 2005. But when they canceled their engagement in February 2006, the relationship between musicians and former professional cycling ended.
She told Diane Sawyer in a July 2006 interview after the breakup. “In a lot of ways it’s like part of life amputated, but you still have that phantom itch, you know, where you wake up, I’m going to see something and think, ‘Oh, I have to make sure Lance is excited about this band. I have to put it on his iPod.’ And then I remember, “Oh, wait, you know, that’s not my life.” ''
Armstrong, 53, told writer Josh Wilcockson in 2009 that their relationship broke down on her "biological clock" because she wanted children in the mid-40s, The New York Post reported. The former athlete is already the father of his son Luke, 25, while twin daughters Grace and 23-year-old Isabelle shared with his ex-wife Kristin Richard, who said he didn't want to have more children at the time.
The Crow discovered she had cancer two weeks after she split from Lance Armstrong. Chris Polk/Filmmagic)
Two weeks after the split, the crow received a regular mammogram, and she said she almost skipped in her personal life.
"I'm trying to focus on my career and have a public breakup with the paparazzi and fight with the paparazzi," she wrote in 2022 People magazine.
"I've always been a healthy person, prioritizing diet and exercise, but it seemed impossible at that time to focus on anything other than spending every day and staying professionally."
The singer's mammogram led to a biopsy that showed she had phase zero ductal cancer in one breast (DCIS). The crow then performed a mass removal procedure in breasts and seven weeks of radiation.
After treatment, the singer recovered and now she is an advocate of early discovery. (Taylor Hill/Getty Image)
In an interview with People in November 2023, Raven shared that her cancer diagnosis was a critical moment in her life, causing her to question what she deserved.
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"I stick to my standards for being a very good person, so I'm going to find myself lying on the radiation table and facing my mortality rate, there are a lot of questions at the same time: 'What am I doing wrong? Why should I get this?"
After treatment, Crow recovered and became a voice advocate for early discovery, emphasizing the importance of routine mammograms.
The crow is the mother of sons Wyatt and Levith. (Paul Hiffmeyer/Disneyland Resort via Getty Images)
In April 2006, Crow moved from Los Angeles to a rural town outside Nashville, where she purchased a 150-acre horse farm called Cross Creek Farm.
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"On a Twisted Road Every Day" singer adopted her eldest son Wyatt in April 2007, more than a year after her breakup with Armstrong and a cancer diagnosis. Later, she adopted Levi, 14, in 2010.
In 2014, Raven sold Cross Creek Farm and purchased a home in West Nashville. She previously explained that she decided to get close to the city's son.
"We're a big way to go and we're starting preschool. That's the time," she told Architecture Digest in 2019.
Nashville is the ideal place to raise a son, Crow said. (Getty Image)
Missouri native told the media that she built a barn and horses on the estate that features a recording studio, a sedan and a church.
Crow said during a variety show that she did not regret moving to Tennessee and stayed in Nashville and stayed in roots. But, she added, she has always been down to earth because of her background.
“I think when you hit the time clock, it makes a huge difference,” she said. “I was a school teacher after college and didn’t make my first album until I was 29.”
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In 2023, Crow told The New York Times that she believes Nashville is the ideal place to bring children out of the spotlight.
“It’s a great mentality to let my kids grow up There are no paparazzi there,"She said.