1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:01,360 Speaker 1: Taking a Walk. 2 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 2: So many things influence me and songwriters in general. I 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 2: think just moments we might see in real life, happening 4 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 2: in front of us, or you know, I just know 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:16,080 Speaker 2: myself pretty well, and I know if I'm singing a 6 00:00:16,120 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 2: song to you or writing a song, I want you 7 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 2: to believe me. 8 00:00:19,840 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Taking a Walk Podcast, hosted by Buzznight. 9 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: Buzz speaks with musicians and songwriters of all genres about 10 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:30,920 Speaker 1: their passion for their work and their newest projects. Today, 11 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 1: we step into a new chapter with country singer songwriter 12 00:00:34,159 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: Cindy Thompson as she returns to the Spotlight, bringing her 13 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: signature heartfelt storytelling and soulful vocals to a brand new project. 14 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,320 Speaker 1: On this episode with Cindy, she opens up about her 15 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,360 Speaker 1: journey and gives us an exclusive look at her highly 16 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 1: anticipated EP Acres of Diamonds. 17 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:53,279 Speaker 3: Joined Buzznight now. 18 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: For an intimate conversation with Cindy Thompson rediscovering old treasures, 19 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: embracing new beginnings, and celebrating the Acres of Diamonds right 20 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: now on the Taking a Walk Podcast. 21 00:01:05,240 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 4: Cindy Thompson, thanks for being on the Taken a Walk Podcast. 22 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 2: Thanks for having me so since. 23 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 4: We call this this little podcast taking a Walk, I 24 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 4: want to ask you first, if you could take a 25 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 4: walk with somebody. I'll make it very suspenseful. If you 26 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 4: could take a walk with somebody living, you're dead. They 27 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 4: could be involved with music, they don't have to be. 28 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 4: Who would you take a walk with and where would 29 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 4: you take a walk with them? 30 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:37,480 Speaker 3: That wasn't that suspenseful, was it? 31 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: It sounded kind of cool? I felt it. Wow, Okay, 32 00:01:44,360 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 2: you know, I might take a walk with my great grandfather. 33 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:53,320 Speaker 2: I never got to meet him, but we have this 34 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: amazing photograph in our house, and he's so handsome, and 35 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: he came from Scotland. He was a pastor and he 36 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 2: came from Scotland to become a preacher here. And he 37 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 2: just looks really cool and I just love to pick 38 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:10,040 Speaker 2: his brain. 39 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 3: Ah, that's so special. 40 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:15,440 Speaker 4: I could I could visualize the cool look you know 41 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 4: the picture. 42 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,800 Speaker 2: Yes, he's so good looking, and I'm like, you know, 43 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,800 Speaker 2: he just I don't know. I don't know what we 44 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 2: would talk about. I'm sure all kinds of things that 45 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 2: he's so intriguing to me. Every time I see that picture, 46 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,360 Speaker 2: I'm like, I just want to know him. But I don't, sir. 47 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,640 Speaker 4: That's nice. It's amazing the array of answers that we 48 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:39,960 Speaker 4: get with the question. We get everybody from Johann Sebastian 49 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:46,720 Speaker 4: Bach to fathers, mothers, grandfathers, grandmothers. 50 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:49,360 Speaker 3: It goes all over the place, it really does. 51 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 2: Well, if I had a lot of time to think 52 00:02:51,440 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 2: about it, I'd probably pick not pick my great grandfather. 53 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: But you know, there are so many people that I'm 54 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,239 Speaker 2: intrigued by and stories, and so it's a good question. 55 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 4: Well, thank you, thank you for that answer, and we're 56 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 4: going to talk about the brand new music. Certainly get 57 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 4: into that acres of diamonds and a pretty amazing sound 58 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:20,320 Speaker 4: and cast of collaborators. So we'll get in the midst 59 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 4: of that conversation. But I do want to start at 60 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 4: the beginning with you and talk about some of your 61 00:03:30,040 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 4: earliest memories of music that certainly have shaped you. 62 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 3: To this day. 63 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 2: You know, my favorite memories are always getting in the 64 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 2: car with my dad and he would always have the 65 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 2: oldies station playing. He was a big You know, my 66 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 2: parents weren't musical that they loved music. My mom played 67 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 2: the piano a little bit from time to time, like 68 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: hymns and things. My dad listened to oldies and we 69 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,680 Speaker 2: just I don't know so much great music. And it 70 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 2: was just constantly on in his car, even if we 71 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 2: were talking or whatever. It was just kind of playing 72 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:07,160 Speaker 2: in the background. But then we'd turn it up and listen. 73 00:04:07,240 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 2: And so and then my sisters were older than me. 74 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 2: I was kind of the baby of four and kind 75 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,120 Speaker 2: of an afterthought, although my mom said she was done 76 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 2: having kids and my dad was like, I just want 77 00:04:20,680 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 2: one more. And it wasn't to have a boy, they swear. 78 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 2: But anyway, my sisters had their own, uh, you know, 79 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 2: loves of music. One loved jazz, like Manhattan transfer was 80 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:38,159 Speaker 2: always playing. One liked urban music, and one just like 81 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 2: popular music. And so I really had a you know, 82 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 2: amazing you know intro to music. It was always kind 83 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 2: of playing somewhere in the house, all different kinds. 84 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 3: So, and that was in the Nashville area. 85 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 2: No, I'm originally from South Georgia, So I grew up 86 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 2: in Tifton, Georgia. And yeah, so it was just a 87 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,360 Speaker 2: small town and that's where I'm from. 88 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:06,040 Speaker 3: Probably knew everybody's name there. 89 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 2: I'm thinking, yes, yeah, you do, you do. It's gotten 90 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 2: bigger now, but yeah. 91 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 4: And was there a moment, you know, being impacted by 92 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 4: that music that you just described that you know you 93 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 4: first knew that you were going to make a career around. 94 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 2: Music, you know, I didn't until I was around twelve years. 95 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:33,679 Speaker 3: Old, So that old cheese, yeah, so old. 96 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,480 Speaker 2: Well, you know, you know, some you'll hear these stories 97 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,200 Speaker 2: of kids that sung their whole lives, and mine is 98 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 2: a little bit different in that I came out of 99 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 2: middle school out of this really bad bullying situation and 100 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 2: so it really I think created this part of me 101 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,560 Speaker 2: that just wanted to be quiet, kind of disappear and 102 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 2: not be seen. So it was kind of solidified in 103 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 2: a way, and I got into marching band and junior 104 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,359 Speaker 2: high school, my sister had a clarinet. I thought she 105 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 2: was really cool, and I was a terrible clarinet player 106 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 2: and I was the last chair and that was just 107 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 2: so bad. But I got into marching band thinking I 108 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,359 Speaker 2: could be a part of something really big, so that 109 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 2: it wasn't just me right, but because of music, I 110 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 2: wanted to do something. And one afternoon, the choir teacher 111 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 2: came in and said, is Cindy Thompson in here? And 112 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 2: I didn't want to raise my hand right away because 113 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:30,839 Speaker 2: I didn't want to be seen or heard or noticed. 114 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 2: But I went with her outside the classroom and she said, listen, 115 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 2: I heard that you could sing. And I was like, 116 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 2: I don't know if I can sing. She had heard 117 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 2: about me, I think through a couple of solos i'd 118 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 2: done at church in our youth group, you know, but 119 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 2: my bully went to my church. So I didn't ever 120 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 2: want to sing, you know, because she was a good singer. 121 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 2: I mean, it was just this whole thing. So she 122 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 2: took me in her choir class, put me in front 123 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 2: of the piano. All the students were sitting there, and 124 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 2: she began to play scales. They were really easy, they 125 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 2: got really hard, and I just sang them all back 126 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 2: to her and she said, I don't care what you 127 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,279 Speaker 2: do with that clarinet. This is your classroom. This is 128 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 2: where you're going to be. So she was the first 129 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 2: person to ever say to my parents, she's a star. 130 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 2: There's really something special about her. And I find it 131 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 2: ironic because I was so withdrawn and so sha and quiet, 132 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:22,160 Speaker 2: but she heard something in my voice. And I'm so 133 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 2: grateful to her for that because it was really what 134 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 2: that was the catalyst in turning this whole thing around, 135 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:33,760 Speaker 2: and after that, it was really seeing you asked me 136 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 2: if there was a moment one Saturday morning around this 137 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 2: season of My Life. I saw Trisha Eyarwood singing She's 138 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 2: in Love with the Boy on TV and it stopped 139 00:07:43,040 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 2: me in my tracks. I was like, I don't know 140 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 2: what that is, but that's what I want to do 141 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:49,520 Speaker 2: and I want to be her friend. And you know, 142 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 2: she was from Georgia. It was just perfect timing on 143 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 2: that Saturday morning. 144 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 3: Were you looking ahead at some of the questions I prepared. 145 00:07:58,760 --> 00:08:02,040 Speaker 4: Because no, I'm teasing you because because the reality is 146 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 4: that I was next going to ask you about your 147 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 4: musical heroes. So you mentioned Tricia, who's a great one. 148 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:14,640 Speaker 4: Were there others that really had a profound impact just 149 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:18,320 Speaker 4: on you know, kind of giving you that further creative spark. 150 00:08:19,200 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 2: Yes, there were. I mean because of all the music 151 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 2: that was in my house, you know, and I was 152 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 2: also a young teenager, so you know, your friends kind 153 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 2: of influenced your musical taste, and you know, listen to 154 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 2: popular radio and at the time it was Whitney Houston. 155 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 2: Debbie Gibson was huge because she was so young and 156 00:08:40,440 --> 00:08:42,280 Speaker 2: it made it feel like I can do that too. 157 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 2: If that, if someone that young can sing, I have 158 00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:48,880 Speaker 2: that chance. Because back then there was no the Voice 159 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 2: or American idol. It was truly just a dream, you know, 160 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 2: to to be in a tiny little town wishing to 161 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 2: be this country singer. But yeah, I would say what 162 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 2: Houston the most? I just loved so much of what 163 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 2: she did, and I don't know, she was a big influence. 164 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 4: So your songs really have this incredible emotional honesty. Where 165 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 4: do you find that inspiration over your career? In still 166 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 4: for your lyrics? 167 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,360 Speaker 2: Oh don't I don't know. You know, sometimes I'm driving 168 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 2: down the road and I'll think of something and think, well, 169 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 2: that would be a really good title, or you know, 170 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:35,959 Speaker 2: I think so many things influence me and songwriters in general. 171 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 2: I think just moments we might see in real life 172 00:09:39,280 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 2: happening in front of us. Or you know, I just 173 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:46,960 Speaker 2: know myself pretty well, and I know if I'm singing 174 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 2: a song to you or writing a song, I want 175 00:09:49,720 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 2: you to believe me. You know, I don't want to 176 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 2: sing something that's just it's just really important. And so 177 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,160 Speaker 2: you know, I'm just inspired sometimes through reading, sometimes movies, 178 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 2: and just sometimes just a phrase that I hear, and 179 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:06,079 Speaker 2: then you know, you get together with a collaborator and 180 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 2: they bring what they have to the table and it 181 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 2: just becomes a story. I like to tell stories and 182 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 2: I like to you know, one thing that I do 183 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:15,440 Speaker 2: when I write a lot is I can actually see 184 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:18,920 Speaker 2: the like music video sometimes playing out or as if 185 00:10:18,920 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 2: it's a movie, like what would be the thing that 186 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,000 Speaker 2: we would say? What would the next thing be that 187 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 2: would happen that would make sense? And so inspiration for 188 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 2: me though, just comes from all over the place. 189 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:34,199 Speaker 3: Do you dream in technicolor? 190 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:39,319 Speaker 2: Sometimes? I do dream a lot. There are seasons I'll 191 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 2: dream every night, and yes, they're very vivid, they're very 192 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 2: movie like and very very detailed and long. I'm surprised 193 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 2: I'm not tired the next morning. It's not all the time, 194 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 2: but fairly often sometimes. 195 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, is there a place or a routine that you 196 00:10:57,880 --> 00:10:59,880 Speaker 4: feel sparks your creativity? 197 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:02,959 Speaker 2: I wish I could say yes. I think back when 198 00:11:02,960 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 2: I was a younger writer without a family, you know, 199 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 2: just kind of that first go around. You know, I 200 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 2: was writing every day, five days a week, sometimes you know, 201 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 2: two different rights a day, and it was just being 202 00:11:19,760 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 2: at the publishing company. You know, being in the in 203 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,520 Speaker 2: the space where writers were in rooms, you could hear 204 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 2: the music coming out of them, and just that world 205 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,240 Speaker 2: of Nashville at that time was so great. And now 206 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 2: it's so interesting because I have two children, I'm you know, married, 207 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 2: and I have a jewelry company. Things that I really 208 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:42,680 Speaker 2: am pulled in so many different directions, and so now 209 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:46,199 Speaker 2: it's just you know, making sure I planned to write 210 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 2: with someone, like getting it on the books, and then 211 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 2: you know, preparing in some sort of way before I go. 212 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,040 Speaker 2: But no, I don't have a routine because my life 213 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 2: is so busy that it's not the same as it 214 00:11:58,120 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 2: was back then, you know. So I've had to really 215 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 2: learned to pull into the parking lot, walk into the 216 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 2: writer's room and focus. And you know, obviously I keep notes, 217 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 2: I keep ideas in my phone for those moments that 218 00:12:11,240 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 2: I get inspired, But no, I really don't have like 219 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,760 Speaker 2: this routine that I do. 220 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 4: Just keep it that way then if it's working right, right, 221 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,280 Speaker 4: we don't want to disrupt it. Your debut single, What 222 00:12:24,360 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 4: I really meant to say, it was a big, big hit. 223 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:29,199 Speaker 3: Tell us about that. 224 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,240 Speaker 4: Time in your life and about that moment with that 225 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:33,559 Speaker 4: great song. 226 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 2: Sure, sure, I was in love with this boy who 227 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 2: played baseball, and I met him in Georgia, and you know, 228 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:47,839 Speaker 2: just I think we dated so long seven years. We 229 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 2: broke upon an awful lot throughou seven years, but it 230 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,679 Speaker 2: was really that first whole record is really written around 231 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,400 Speaker 2: that relationship because that was the one that meant the most, 232 00:12:57,440 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 2: and then being young and growing up in Georgia. But 233 00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 2: that particular song, what I really needed to say, I 234 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,200 Speaker 2: wrote because we had broken up. It was final, it 235 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 2: was done where we're not playing the games anymore. And 236 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 2: his dream was always to be the sculpture artist. He's 237 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 2: a baseball player, but he came from artists and he 238 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 2: really had this idea that was different. No one had 239 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 2: done it, and I just really believed in him and 240 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 2: I wanted that for him, just like he wanted for 241 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 2: me to be a singer. So that didn't happen within 242 00:13:30,480 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 2: the span of our relationship. He did start making art, 243 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:36,319 Speaker 2: but not the big gallery opening, like to have a 244 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 2: real place where you could hang your art. And so 245 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,240 Speaker 2: we broke up, and I found out not too long 246 00:13:43,280 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 2: after that that he got his first gallery opening. So 247 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 2: I was struggling with what to do, and I just 248 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 2: decided who cares. I drove down to Georgia and went 249 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 2: to see this art opening, and he didn't know I was, 250 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 2: you know, coming in at that time, Like he didn't 251 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 2: know I was coming in the room. I think he 252 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 2: knew I was going to be there. But I came 253 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 2: in and I saw him just walking around the room 254 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:13,320 Speaker 2: talking about his art. Everything he had dreamed about, everything 255 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 2: that I had dreamed for him was happening. And I 256 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 2: was so proud of him because we were really good friends too, 257 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 2: and I remember seeing it. We made eye contact and 258 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 2: I just told him, I'm proud of you. This is amazing. 259 00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 2: And I ended up leaving not too long after that. 260 00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 2: I walked out the door. It was very busy that 261 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:35,800 Speaker 2: night for him, and out in the street it was 262 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 2: like a movie. The street lights were shining down perfectly 263 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 2: lit street Atlanta, in this particular area Atlanta, and I 264 00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 2: hear him calling my name in the street. Wow, he's 265 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,600 Speaker 2: left his gallery opening. He's out in the street and 266 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 2: he's like, don't leave, and I'm like, I have to go, 267 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 2: and I'm really proud of you. And so I left, 268 00:14:58,360 --> 00:15:03,000 Speaker 2: and you know, the next day, went back to Nashville 269 00:15:03,040 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 2: and I got a notebook like a notepad out and 270 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 2: I wrote what I really meant to say at the 271 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 2: top of the paper, because what I really wanted to 272 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 2: say was I still love you. I still feel all 273 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 2: these feelings. But the right thing to do was for 274 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,640 Speaker 2: me to go because we weren't meant to be together. 275 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:27,360 Speaker 2: And I took that into my co write and we 276 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 2: wrote what I really meant to say. 277 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 3: Wow, what a great story. 278 00:15:30,320 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 4: There you go, dreaming and visualizing in technicolor again. 279 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,280 Speaker 2: I know it's so great. 280 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:42,520 Speaker 3: Would you ever consider scoring a movie or or being 281 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 3: in the movie itself? 282 00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 2: Oh? Yes, we've talked about that, you know, I've never 283 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 2: I've had some people recently talk to me about would 284 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:56,680 Speaker 2: you want to do some acting or and yes, if 285 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 2: it made sense. You know, I don't want to be terrible, 286 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 2: and you know, so who knows. I mean, it's it's 287 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 2: on the bucket list. 288 00:16:04,160 --> 00:16:06,120 Speaker 3: Maybe Cindy be terrible. 289 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 4: I don't think those two words exist for you. 290 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 2: You are very kind. You never know when you know, 291 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:15,240 Speaker 2: I've never done I did some acting in high school 292 00:16:15,240 --> 00:16:16,840 Speaker 2: on the school play. So we'll see. 293 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,720 Speaker 1: We'll be right back with more of the Taking a 294 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:28,000 Speaker 1: Walk Podcast. Welcome back to the Taking a Walk Podcast. 295 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 4: So you did step away from the spotlight at one point, 296 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:38,280 Speaker 4: and what motivated that decision was that really a life 297 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 4: sort of you know, balance and kind of reassessing moment. 298 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely. You know, artists don't really know what that 299 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:52,160 Speaker 2: life is like until they just jump into it, right. 300 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 2: You don't get like a crash course or boot camp. 301 00:16:56,600 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 2: And for me, it happened really fast, you know, just 302 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 2: the life. It turned into a dream come true. I 303 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 2: don't want to paint this picture that I had a 304 00:17:08,320 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 2: bad experience at the label or you know, that I 305 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:17,119 Speaker 2: was mistreated or anything like that. Truly everything was beautiful. 306 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 2: It was like from the outside looking in especially, it's 307 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 2: like this is exactly what you would want to happen 308 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,159 Speaker 2: as an artist, Like you want your song to go 309 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,640 Speaker 2: number one that you wrote, you want to be able 310 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:30,560 Speaker 2: to open fur trash yard, which I did, you know, 311 00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 2: Alan Jackson. All of it was lining up perfectly, and 312 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,439 Speaker 2: I would say a year in two it I started 313 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 2: having major panic attacks and I didn't know what they were, 314 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:47,200 Speaker 2: and so it scared me because I thought, what is this. 315 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 2: I'm a very peaceful person. I have a great face 316 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:53,480 Speaker 2: that I rely on, and I pray a lot and 317 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:59,159 Speaker 2: for whatever reason, I felt very lonely and I felt 318 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 2: I can't describe it to you, but I was having 319 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 2: panic attacks and night terrors and a lot of anxiety, 320 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:10,840 Speaker 2: and you know, back then, nobody was talking about those things. 321 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 2: And I felt like if I brought it up, I 322 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 2: kept it a secret for a while, that it would 323 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 2: look as if I didn't want to work hard or 324 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:24,840 Speaker 2: that I didn't appreciate my opportunity. So I just kept 325 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 2: kind of trucking along. I had a doctor that would 326 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,679 Speaker 2: kind of monitor my heart weakly because it was like 327 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 2: crazy beating out of control. And I kept doing the work, 328 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 2: you know, And I loved singing. I loved the fans. 329 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:43,160 Speaker 2: I loved just getting to meet people and hear you know, 330 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 2: there are stories about how my song had affected their life, 331 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:49,720 Speaker 2: and there was so much beauty in that. But there's 332 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 2: also this other side to fame, and it's really unnatural 333 00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 2: to be famous, first of all, but you can do 334 00:18:57,880 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 2: that well. And for me at the time, I just 335 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 2: couldn't find the balance, and I felt like the best 336 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 2: answer was to like self preservation. You know, I couldn't 337 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 2: really look at the meetings that we were having with 338 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:15,919 Speaker 2: businesses or companies to partner with them, like this projected 339 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,719 Speaker 2: career that was on the table we were having meetings about, 340 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 2: and I couldn't look at that and make this decision. 341 00:19:21,160 --> 00:19:25,560 Speaker 2: I really had to say, if you are doing something 342 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:27,959 Speaker 2: that you love to do and you're meant to do it, 343 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,760 Speaker 2: you're gifted in that area, and you feel like you 344 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:36,400 Speaker 2: are falling apart at the seams doing that job, right 345 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 2: at that second, I think it's okay to step back 346 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:44,680 Speaker 2: and go what's going on, you know? And so that's 347 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,440 Speaker 2: what I did. I just laid it down. I always 348 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 2: knew I would sing again. I didn't know what that 349 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:57,960 Speaker 2: would look like, but I just felt like for me, 350 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 2: it was just saving something that really mattered. 351 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:04,679 Speaker 4: I'm so glad you mentioned you know, there was a 352 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:08,920 Speaker 4: period in the world that you know, wasn't as easy 353 00:20:08,960 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 4: to talk about those things and be public about it, 354 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:18,880 Speaker 4: or just make that decision. It's now, it's it's it's different, 355 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 4: I think, but it still is something that's often in 356 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 4: the shadows, and the fact that you confronted it and 357 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 4: are still talking about it must now lead you to 358 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 4: a greater appreciation of life. Balance, doesn't it? 359 00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:41,200 Speaker 2: Yes, absolutely, And and to be able to have another 360 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:42,960 Speaker 2: dream of mine come try, which was to be a 361 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 2: stay at home mom. I wanted to have a family 362 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 2: like my mom did. And I'm so grateful that I 363 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 2: got to do that and it really taught me a lot. 364 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,479 Speaker 2: And in coming back and choosing to sing again and 365 00:20:56,560 --> 00:21:00,399 Speaker 2: do it this way, I don't know for me, just 366 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 2: there's such a richness to it that I don't think 367 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:07,360 Speaker 2: would have been there had I not walked away. 368 00:21:08,760 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 3: Behind you. 369 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 4: I see some beautiful jewelry. It must have something to 370 00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 4: do with this little venture called the Heybell Company. Tell 371 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 4: us about how that became a reality and how it's 372 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 4: then become this wave of popularity among some really cool people. 373 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 2: Well, I feel like it fell from the sky. Was 374 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:38,920 Speaker 2: very divine. You know. At the time, I wasn't singing yet. 375 00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 2: This is about four years ago, and I was like, 376 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:43,959 Speaker 2: I just want to be creative, and I didn't know 377 00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 2: what that was. You know. Yes, I had written some 378 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 2: songs and that kind of thing, but I just wanted something. 379 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:52,800 Speaker 2: I don't know. I wanted something for myself. And I 380 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:54,720 Speaker 2: was just trying to process it all and think about, 381 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 2: like what is that? And I was being very peerful 382 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:01,040 Speaker 2: about it, like okay, God, like I want something I 383 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 2: want something to do, you know. So I don't really 384 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:06,960 Speaker 2: have a lot of jewelry. I wasn't a big jewelry 385 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 2: wearer of things, you know. I didn't even as an artist. 386 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 2: I didn't even wear a lot of necklaces. 387 00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:11,439 Speaker 1: Like. 388 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:15,959 Speaker 2: I was just really, I don't know, minimal. And I 389 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,080 Speaker 2: went to the beach one summer with my family four 390 00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 2: years ago, just for a little week, little getaway, and 391 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,760 Speaker 2: I see these earrings hanging in the shop and I 392 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 2: was like, I think I'm gonna make jewelry, and my 393 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 2: husband was like, okay. So I got home and I 394 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 2: went to some local antique stores and just kind of 395 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:42,280 Speaker 2: grabbed pieces that were broken and discarded and kind of 396 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 2: just one of like one offs, maybe a pair of bearings, 397 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,320 Speaker 2: but they weren't a pair anymore because one was missing. 398 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:50,800 Speaker 2: And I just came home and started creating things at 399 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:53,360 Speaker 2: my dining room table, thinking it was a hobby. And 400 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 2: within two weeks it was on the red carpet at 401 00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:59,280 Speaker 2: the CMA Awards, which I think is interesting. And it 402 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,280 Speaker 2: didn't come through a music contact. That came through a 403 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 2: friend who knew Hannah Billingsley, you know, Shane Mooney's wife, 404 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 2: and she called me, and I drove to her house 405 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 2: and took the joy that I had and none of 406 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 2: it matched her dresses, and so I said, I can 407 00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:24,880 Speaker 2: make you something, And so I went home that night 408 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:29,120 Speaker 2: and dug in this box and made these star earrings 409 00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,399 Speaker 2: that ended up being at the Red carpet. She was 410 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 2: photographed because they were doing well. They're always doing well, 411 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:39,640 Speaker 2: but this particular CMA Awards, they had gotten a lot 412 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,480 Speaker 2: of nominations, and so she was just everywhere. She was 413 00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:46,160 Speaker 2: on the TV, every like TV, like it was crazy, 414 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 2: sitting in her seat and you could just see my earrings. 415 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 2: And it was a little hard because I was so 416 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 2: proud of Haybell. I couldn't believe that that happened. But 417 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:03,280 Speaker 2: I also was sad because I wasn't sitting there and 418 00:24:03,320 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 2: I had to really think about that, like what is that? 419 00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,760 Speaker 2: Pay attention? What does that mean? And I think that 420 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,800 Speaker 2: was the first the catalyst in Okay, I think God's 421 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,760 Speaker 2: prepping my heart for maybe what's coming. But I just 422 00:24:15,840 --> 00:24:18,760 Speaker 2: kept making the jewey and the stylists and the artists 423 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 2: kept calling, and it's really just one of a kind pieces. 424 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 2: I do have an everyday line that's you know, not 425 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 2: one of a kind, but most of my pieces. What 426 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,639 Speaker 2: I love about what I do is that, you know, 427 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,479 Speaker 2: I just get to be creative all the time with 428 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,199 Speaker 2: whatever I find all over the world. I shop all 429 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 2: over the world, and I just put these things together 430 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:39,480 Speaker 2: and it's so fun. 431 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 3: You make it so matter of fact. 432 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,600 Speaker 2: I mean it kind of is. I mean even my husband, 433 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,880 Speaker 2: like I did my own website, I take those pictures, 434 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 2: I did my own logo. Like for me from a 435 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 2: business standpoint, it really felt good to sit in my 436 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,199 Speaker 2: jewelry room, this little space I have and listen to 437 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,159 Speaker 2: podcasts how I built that, you know that podcast like 438 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 2: listening to Kendrick Scott talk about jewelry, listening to Oh Gosh, 439 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 2: the Spanks founder Sarah Blakely talking about how she started 440 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 2: spanks and hearing these crazy stories of people that sailed, 441 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:19,679 Speaker 2: that failed, that failed, you know, and then they just 442 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 2: stuck with it. So all the while I'm doing this, 443 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 2: thinking I'm crazy, I'm listening to these people say don't 444 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:29,479 Speaker 2: give up, don't give up, don't give up, and I haven't. 445 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 2: It's the little engine that could. But I'm really proud 446 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:36,000 Speaker 2: of it. And my husband, like I was saying earlier, 447 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 2: he would come in here, and you'd go, I can't 448 00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 2: believe you're doing this. It's really good. I'm like, I know, 449 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 2: it's interesting, isn't it, because i'd I'd never done anything 450 00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:49,480 Speaker 2: like that, so I don't know, it's just finding. I 451 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:53,760 Speaker 2: always say to people, just be open to new adventures 452 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 2: in life. Life doesn't have to be empty and stagnant 453 00:25:57,920 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 2: and broken, really, you know, carefully be adventurous and you know, 454 00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 2: not give up on dreaming. And I'm living proof. I'm 455 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 2: in my forties and starting all over with this crazy thing. 456 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:12,919 Speaker 3: Follow in your. 457 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 4: Heart, Yeah, following your heart and just being passionate about it, right, yes, yeah, which, now, okay, 458 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 4: I'm sorry it took so long. 459 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 3: Brings us to Acres of Diamonds. 460 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 4: Congratulations on, thank you, the the the upcoming EP or 461 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:36,400 Speaker 4: new music. Five more Minutes is the single. Talk about 462 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:40,159 Speaker 4: some of the work behind that, some of the collaborators, 463 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 4: and what folks can. 464 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:43,400 Speaker 3: Expect to you well. 465 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 2: Acres of Diamonds is the title of the new EP 466 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 2: we have coming out May twenty third, and you know 467 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 2: it is a labor of love. You know, we had 468 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:55,919 Speaker 2: a lot of songs to choose from, and we just 469 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 2: all kind of my team came together and said, these 470 00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:01,400 Speaker 2: are the ones acres of diamonds. Is the title cut 471 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 2: because it's about what I've been building outside of the 472 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 2: music industry, this simple life. To me, that is full 473 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 2: of diamonds. You know, my kids are the acreage and 474 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 2: they are the diamonds, and that's what we've built, my 475 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:18,399 Speaker 2: husband and I this life. So I thought that was 476 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:22,080 Speaker 2: important for the listener to know, Hey, this is where 477 00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:25,959 Speaker 2: I've been. Five more Minutes is the latest single, and 478 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 2: it's really just about not something where you look back 479 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 2: and regret that you weren't present in a moment, but 480 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,280 Speaker 2: just a favorite moment that, gosh, if I could just 481 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 2: go back for five more minutes to be so fun. 482 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,920 Speaker 2: Like one of the lines in the song is riding 483 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:42,000 Speaker 2: my pink huffey bike. My daddy got me this amazing 484 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:45,040 Speaker 2: pink huffy bike and I loved it and I wrote it. 485 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:50,640 Speaker 2: Every day barefoot, they're all over the place, and sometimes 486 00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:53,399 Speaker 2: I'll look outside and see kids riding their bikes and 487 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 2: I think, oh, I wish I could just do that 488 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:59,480 Speaker 2: again for five more minutes, you know, like that. So 489 00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:03,719 Speaker 2: it's just a song to just kind of maybe just 490 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,320 Speaker 2: hopefully make us all more aware of the places and 491 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 2: times in front of us that we can be really present, 492 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 2: you know, and so it's it's one of my favorites. 493 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 2: And then we have this big song coming out. It's 494 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 2: a song called Black Selica. My daughter was like, what 495 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:26,000 Speaker 2: is that? And I'm like, it's a car that was 496 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:29,760 Speaker 2: really cool back in the day. But I wrote it 497 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:33,960 Speaker 2: with Ashley Monroe and Mickey Reeves and Ashley I was like, 498 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:37,200 Speaker 2: why don't you sing on it? You know, why don't 499 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:41,000 Speaker 2: you let let's feature you on this song because she's magnificent, 500 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:45,480 Speaker 2: Like her voice is stunning. It's I called it like 501 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 2: a beautiful butterfly the other day. You know, it knows 502 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 2: where to land, it knows how to surround the lead, 503 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 2: like she just has her place in this track, and 504 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 2: I'm so proud of it. Paul Sykes did it for us. 505 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,640 Speaker 2: So that is something that she really exciting to me 506 00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 2: that we got to do that together. And in fact, 507 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,400 Speaker 2: Black Silica is kind of based off of that boy, 508 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,680 Speaker 2: that baseball player that I dated back and with what 509 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 2: I really meant to say, so we kind of put 510 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,400 Speaker 2: all of our minds together and had our own little 511 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 2: contribution to the song that meant something to us and 512 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,960 Speaker 2: so that's exciting. And then I did a cover of 513 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 2: a Harry style song fall In. We had a list 514 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 2: of covers and I was like, what do we do? 515 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 2: I listened to all kinds of music, and I was like, 516 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 2: I just love that song. So that kind of became 517 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 2: the one that we decided on. I just love the 518 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:36,760 Speaker 2: lyrics of that song, like I love the intimacy and 519 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 2: the pain. I love paint, like I love the love 520 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 2: song kind of paint right, So it just worked. It's 521 00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:46,440 Speaker 2: a Cindy song. And then a song called so Glad 522 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:49,200 Speaker 2: You're Mine I wrote a while back about I've been 523 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,520 Speaker 2: married twenty three years and it's kind of a song 524 00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:57,080 Speaker 2: about just really solidifying being in love even this far 525 00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:00,520 Speaker 2: into it. Like I just love the idea of telling 526 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 2: his love songs, telling this story. So I'm proud of it. 527 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 2: You know. It's again, a lot of people have worked 528 00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 2: really hard. My team has worked really hard on helping 529 00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 2: bring this to life, because because we're independent, we're doing 530 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 2: it a different way, and so it feels good and 531 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 2: I'm excited. 532 00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:20,120 Speaker 4: I love the independent aspect of it. I love more 533 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:24,400 Speaker 4: and more that artists are able to be independent in 534 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 4: their thinking and their strategy with it. I think one 535 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 4: of the beautiful things about what's happening with maybe by 536 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:36,480 Speaker 4: necessity in some cases, but in general, that artists can 537 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:40,400 Speaker 4: have the confidence to be independent. I think that's really cool. 538 00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 2: It is it's scary, you know, it's scary at first 539 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:47,560 Speaker 2: because I had come back from just the time frame 540 00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 2: where it was only a record deal and then radio. 541 00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,240 Speaker 2: When I jump back into this, it's like, this guy's 542 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 2: the limit. You can do it any way you want 543 00:30:56,080 --> 00:30:57,760 Speaker 2: to do it. And I'm like, well, I need some structure, 544 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 2: like what I need? I need amateurs. I'm not designed 545 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 2: that way. And so I just found an amazing manager 546 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,920 Speaker 2: and she's a believer, she's a champion and she's she's 547 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 2: just amazing. And we just started building this like learning 548 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 2: about how to do it independently, and it's it's been 549 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 2: really hard and really beautiful and we have learned a lot. 550 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 2: I feel like sometimes we laugh. I'm like, we've accomplished 551 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,440 Speaker 2: a lot in our little you know, almost two years 552 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:37,120 Speaker 2: of doing this together. Like, but I'm very excited about 553 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 2: what's to come. And the good thing about independence too 554 00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,880 Speaker 2: is just the freedom to pivot when we need to, 555 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 2: if we want to also, I get to just go 556 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:52,080 Speaker 2: pick up my son from school until he's driving. Officially 557 00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 2: she can do the same for her daughter. We just 558 00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 2: kind of, hey, I'm out at three, I got to 559 00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 2: go to some baseball games. You know. There's just there's 560 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 2: a beauty of it. Now that it's getting busier, it's 561 00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:07,320 Speaker 2: getting busier, but we'd both agree that we put the 562 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 2: things that mattered most in first, you know, in its family. 563 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 3: Will you be taken taken to the road a bit? 564 00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 2: I absolutely want to go on the road. I mean 565 00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,320 Speaker 2: my hope is to you know, be a part of 566 00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 2: some sort of tour at some point. We have a 567 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:27,240 Speaker 2: few shows coming up, one in the fall that's being 568 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:31,240 Speaker 2: solidified now in Georgia. But ultimately i'd love to be 569 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:34,320 Speaker 2: back just on some sort of tour. It's so fun 570 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:38,239 Speaker 2: to do that, and you know, so we'll see what 571 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:39,000 Speaker 2: lies ahead. 572 00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 3: You have such a great attitude with it all. It's so. 573 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:50,560 Speaker 4: You know, authentic and empowering and inspiring, and the music 574 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:53,160 Speaker 4: is really awesome as well. 575 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:56,840 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. Well, I know I try to. 576 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 2: I'm not always as positive. There are days are hard, 577 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 2: you know, in all aspects of life. I think we 578 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,880 Speaker 2: all go through moments where we're like, is this the 579 00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:08,719 Speaker 2: right thing to do? And you know you just have 580 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 2: to backtrack and think of how it all fell into place. 581 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 2: I can't deny the open doors. You know that it's 582 00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 2: just been really divine and really beautiful. 583 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,160 Speaker 3: Well, Cindy Thompson, congratulations on everything. 584 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:23,959 Speaker 4: I'm so grateful that you came on Taking a Walk 585 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 4: and I know our audience, including me, are rooting for 586 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:33,760 Speaker 4: you in this exciting next chapter of your life. 587 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. I'd love talking with you. 588 00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to this episode of the Taking a 589 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 1: Walk podcast. 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