Sheryl Crow on Her 'Devastating' Struggles With Fame and What Her Life's Like Now (Exclusive)

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Sheryl Crow is getting real about mental health. ET's Lauren Zima paid a visit to the singer's farm in Nashville, where she opened up about her struggles with fame and how her relationship with being famous has evolved over the years.«I think we've gotten better about talking about our mental health.

I mean, certainly we've seen… This past year has been an incredible illustration of how fragile our mental health is. And I think we're starting to enter a really healthy place where it's OK to speak about the struggles and the chemical struggles,» Crow, who has often spoken about the subject, said. «I think the way I am made, is what has propagated my art.

It's made me want to be an artist. But at the same time, it's also been something I've struggled with.»She continued, «The really high highs, the really low lows.

And it's a work in progress at all times, but at least I'm aware of what it means to be in the throes of either one of those, and to figure out how to center myself.»It may be easier for her to talk about it now, but those conversations were even harder for artists like Crow to have just 10 or 20 years go. «If people talked about mental struggles, then there was something really wrong with you, and you were damaged, you were damaged goods,» Crow said. «And I think now we're seeing that, not just famous people and not just people who are achieving, but people all across every walk of life, including our children, struggle.