Lady A’s Charles Kelley Shares How His Journey to Sobriety Kickstarted His Personal Solo Album

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00:00It made me just look at my life and what, where was it heading? What was really, what will,

00:07you know, what was I running from? You know, what were my priorities in life? And like,

00:12I just, I really started having to like analyze that. I didn't, I would never have called myself

00:18a fearful person, but when I really started digging in, I was like, oh yeah, I was afraid

00:22of this. I was afraid of this. I was, you know, and you have to just go, it just made me look at

00:29life in a whole different journey of like, what really matters in life? What, what really excites

00:35you and what do you want to stand for? You know, and I think I want to stand for someone that,

00:40you know, hopefully can, can leave a little positivity, you know, in this world. And I

00:45mean, I love talking with new artists and, and sharing a little bit about, you know, some of

00:50the missteps that I've had in my career, what I wish I could do differently. But I think the minute,

00:55you know, you recognize too, that all those ups and downs in your career and your life,

01:00they're part, they're a part of a journey and they lead you somewhere. And if it took,

01:06you know, me kind of getting to those low points to get to where I am now, well, that's,

01:12that was a part of the journey and there's nothing wrong with that. And so, you know,

01:16we're all going to make mistakes. We're all going to struggle with stuff, but, um,

01:19I don't know. I just appreciate where I am and what I've accomplished more than I used to.

01:26I think that sometimes was almost the, the, the beauty and the curse of having

01:31Viju now so early in our career. It was such an insane, successful song that like everything

01:39that we did for the next three to five years, we compared to that. And, you know, it just was,

01:46it was kind of a, an unattainable goal to repeat, but we've had a lot of great success and I'm just

01:52appreciating the journey of it so much more appreciating the balance with my family. And,

01:57um, I don't know. I just think it's coming through in this music when I listen to it,

02:02you know, it puts a smile on my face and, um, I've listened to it so much now. I always,

02:07people always ask me that was like, do you listen to your music? I was like,

02:10after I make a record, I'll wear the damn thing out. After about two, three months,

02:15you're like, all right, I need a little break from, I need a little break from this guy.