( APPLAUSE )
WHAT ARE YOU DOING OVER THERE?
HEY, EVERYBODY!
WHERE WERE YOU?
WELCOME BACK.
MY NEXT GUEST TONIGHT IS A NINE-TIME GRAMMY
AWARD-WINNING SINGER AND SONGWRITER WHO HAS SOLD MORE
THAN 50 MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE.
SHE IS NOW THE SUBJECT OF A DOCUMENTARY ON SHOWTIME CALLED
"SHERYL."
>> WE WOULD DRINK A BUNCH, AND WE'D GO TO THE BOOKSTORE DOWN
THE ROAD, AND WE BOUGHT A POETRY BOOK BY THIS MAN NAMED WIN
COOPER.
AND THERE WAS A POEM CALLED "FUN."
IT STARTED, "ALL I WANT TO DO IS HAVE A LITTLE FUN BEFORE I DIE."
WE HAD THIS GROUP GOING THAT WAS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN STEELER'S
WHEEL AND A MARVIN GAY TRACK.
AND I PICKED UP THE POETRY BOOK AND STARTED FREE-FORM
♪ ALL I WANT TO DO IS HAVE A LITTLE FUN BEFORE I DIE.
♪ SAID A MAN NEXT TO ME OUT OF NOWHERE ♪
AND I JUST KIND OF ACTED OUT THE POEM, AND WE PUT THIS HOOK IN
♪ ALL I WANT TO DO ♪ AND THAT BECAME THE SONG.
>> Stephen: PLEASE WELCOME BACK TO "THE LATE SHOW,"
SHERYL CROW!
♪ ♪ ♪
>> Stephen: SO NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
IT'S BEEN SO LONG.
>> Stephen: SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT.
SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT.
FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE LAST NIGHT.
YOU PLAYED WITH LUCIUS.
THAT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU OUT THERE.
>> SO AWESOME.
>> Stephen: LET'S GET STRAIGHT INTO THIS DOCUMENTARY, SHERYL.
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT A DOCUMENTARY BEING MADE
ABOUT YOU, BECAUSE SO MUCH HAS ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN AND SAID
ABOUT SHERYL CROW.
ARE YOU RESISTANT TO IT?
I'M GOING TO WATCH IT.
BUT ARE YOU, AS THE SUBJECT OF IT, EVER RESISTANT TO THAT?
>> WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO ME, SHOWTIME AND MY MANAGER, AND
SHADE, "WE THINK YOU SHOULD DO A DOCUMENTARY."
AND I SAID, "YES, I THINK WE SHOULD, AFTER I'M DEAD.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A FANTASTIC IDEA."
BUT I DID FINALLY GIVE INTO IT.
BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALIZE IN-- I'VE GOTTEN MY AARP
CARD.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THAT.
>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU CAN GET DISCOUNT MOVIE TICKETS FOR THAT.
>> I CAN SEE MY OWN DOCUMENTARY FOR CHEAPER.
I DO HAVE ABOUT 40 YEARS OF MUSIC LIFE, BUT THERE'S A TON OF
LIVING THAT GOES INTO MAKING AN ARTIST WANT TO STICK THEIR NECK
OUT, RAISE THEIR VOICE INTO THE FRAY.
AND SO I TOLD ALL THE STORIES.
>> Stephen: WELL, LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING THAT THERE MAY NOT
BE A STORY IN THERE.
LET'S ASK A BASIC STORY, KIND OF LIKE AN ORIGIN STORY.
>> OKAY.
>> Stephen: WHY DO YOU THINK YOU WANTED TO BE A PERFORMING
MUSICIAN?
I TAKE THAT ASIDE FROM A COMPOSER OR SOMETHING.
WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE OUT THERE WITH A GUITAR IN YOUR HAND?
>> I WANT TO BE RICH AND FAMOUS.
I'M KIDDING.
>> Stephen: IT'S SUCH AN EASY WAY-- SUCH AN EASY WAY TO GET
RICH, IS WHAT I HEAR.
>> I'M GETTING READY TO GET A BUTT IMPLANT.
>> Stephen: THAT'S COIN, BABY.
>> THAT'S COIN.
I GREW UP IN A REAL MUSICAL HOUSEHOLD.
MY PARENTS -- >> Stephen: IN MISSOURI.
>> MY PARENT STILL MARRIED 66 YEARS,s A TINY TOWN CALLED
KINET, FOUR STOP LIGHTS, NOT CLOSE TO ANYTHING.
AND ALBUMS WERE MY WAY OUT.
THAT WAS MY TICKET OUT.
I WOULD LAY UNDER THE PIANO AND I WOULD STUDY AND PORE OVER
JAMES TAYLOR, ALL THE LINERRERS, FLEETWOOD MAC, CAROLE KING.
>> Stephen: YOU GOT TO WORK WITH THOSE PEOPLE.
WHAT'S THAT LIKE TO GET TO WORK WITH PEOPLE LIKE STEVIE NICKS
AND BONNIE RAITT AND MASSIVE STAPLES?
>> I'M STILL A FAN.
EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT, I GET EMBARRASSED.
IT'S INCREDIBLE, IT REALLY IS.
>> Stephen: YOU MUST SEE THAT, TOO.
THE LOOK IN PEOPLE'S EYES WHEN THEY GET A CHANCE TO WORK WITH
SHERYL CROW.
>> ALL I CAN SAY IS GETTING TO PLAY WITH LUCIUS LAST NIGHT, AND
GETTING TO WORK WITH THESE YOUNG ARTISTS, MAN, FOR ME, THAT'S WHO
I WAS.
I WAS LIKE, I COULDN'T WAIT TO MEET STEVIE NICKS.
AND THEN TO GET TO KNOW HER AND KNOW HOW GENEROUS SHE IS AND
AMAZING.
AND KEITH RICHARDS AND THE ROLLING STONES.
ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE SUCH A HUGE INFLUENCE FOR ME.
EVEN SMOKY ROBINSON.
PEOPLE I'VE GOTTEN TO STAND NEXT TO-- BURT BACHRACH-- PEOPLE THAT
HAVE MATTERED TO ME SO MUCH.
I CAN'T EVEN EXPLAIN IT.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TWO BOYS.
>> I DO.
>> Stephen: WISCPAT LEVI.
1 AND 14, I UNDERSTAND.
>> YOU ALL BETTER BE IN BED.
IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: ARE THEY LIKE, "MY MOM IS SHERYL CROW."
DO THEY LISTEN TO YOUR MUSIC?
ARE THEY LIKE, "ALL I WANT TO DO IS HAVE SOME FUN," "SOAK UP THE
SUN."
>> ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
THEY'RE INTO KID LeROY.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THAT IS.
BUT THEY'RE INTO, LIKE, POPULAR MUSIC.
.>> Stephen: SURE.
>> AND I'M LIKE THE POLICE.
I'M THE PERSON THAT SAID -- >> Stephen: NOT THE BAND THE
POLICE.
YOU'RE LIKE THE COPS.
>> NO, I'M THE COP.
I'M THE PERSON THAT SAYS, "THAT IS NOT A NICE SONG.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT?"
>> Stephen: THERE ARE NO LYRICS IN ANY OF YOUR SONGS THAT
YOU WOULD PULL YOURSELF OVER FOR?
>> THEY DON'T LISTEN TO ME.
I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THAT.
THEY'RE LIKE, "MOM, YOU KNOW YOU WERE BORN IN THE 1870s."
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE SONG OF SHERYL CROW'S?
>> I DO, ACTUALLY.
AND I'M NOT JUST PUMPING THIS NEW ALBUM COMING OUT.
I WROTE A SONG CALLED "FOREVER."
AND I THINK IT MAY BE OUT NOW, OR COMING OUT ON MAY 6.
I DON'T KNOW.
THEY DON'T TELL ME ANYTHING.
>> Stephen: THEY DON'T TELL YOU WHEN YOUR ALBUM IS RELEASED?
>> I THINK IT'S COMING OUT MAY 6.
MY KID ARE IN THE VIDEO.
IT WAS WRITTEN FOR MY KIDS, AND WRITTEN FOR MY 15-YEAR-OLD
TALKING ABOUT STRESS AND HOW KIDS ARE SO STRESSED OUT NOW.
>> Stephen: "ALL I WANT TO DO IS HAVE SOME FUN."
WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE SONG?
>> "ALL I WANT TO DO."
>> Stephen: SO THAT HITS, AND IT BECOMES, "THAT'S A GOOD
SONG."
SHERYL CROW BECOMES HUGE.
IT'S SUCH AN ENORMOUS HIT.
AND EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, "WHO IS THIS GIRL DOING THIS SONG?
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE, WHEN YOU WORKED SO LONG TO FIGURE OUT HOW
YOU ARE GOING TO BREAK IN,s WHAT IS YOUR SOUND, HOW DO YOU
CONNECT WITH A COMMERCIAL AUDIENCE, AND THEN IT HAPPENS?
AND THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE FOR WHOM IT HAPPENS LIKE A LIGHT
SWITCH LIKE THAT.
WHAT WAS THAT MOMENT LIKE?
>> IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN EUPHORIC, BUT AT THAT TIME THERE WAS SO
MUCH DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER I HAD EVEN WRITTEN MY OWN SONGS, AND
KNOW-- >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WHERE DID THAT COME FROM.
>> THE LORE WAS A BUNCH OF GUYS WROTE MY FIRST ALBUM.
BY THE TIME THAT TOOK OFF, THAT WAS ALREADY SWIRLING AROUND.
BUT I WILL SAY ONE THING, WHEN IT REALLY HIT, THE GRAMMYS PUT
ME ON THE MAP.
BECAUSE THE GRAMMYS, BACK THEN, EVERYBODY WATCHED IT.
AND YOU SOLD-- YOU SOLD RECORDS FROM THAT SHOW, YOU KNOW.
AND IT PUT YOU ON THE MAP.
AND IT WAS A REAL MOMENT.
BUT IT DEFINITELY WAS-- IT WAS A MIXED BAG.
IT WAS... IT WAS HARD.
>> Stephen: WELL, MY FAVORITE GRAMMY MEMORY OF ALL TIME-- AND,
YES, I HAVE AGREEMENT MEMORIES-- IS THE NIGHT BEFORE, THE CLIVE
DAVIS PARTY THAT'S TRADITIONALLY THE NIGHT BEFORE.
DID YOU GO TO THE CLIVE PARTY?
>> Jon: YEAH.
>> Stephen: IT'S FUN, ISN'T IT?
>> IT'S A GOOD TIME.
>> Stephen: TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO BLOW UP AT THE
FRAM GRAMMYS RIGHT OVER THERE.
( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: IT'S MY FIRST TIME OUT THERE.
MY FIRST TIME OUT THERE.
I'M JUST NOMINATED FOR, LIKE, A COMEDY ALBUM.
AND CLIVE DAVIS GETS UP THERE WITH THE BIG GLASSES AND THE
HEAD AND GOES, "WE HAVE A WONDERFUL ARTIST HERE TONIGHT.
SHE'S AMAZING.
ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS HAVE SOME FUN.
SHERYL CROW IS HERE TONIGHT."
AND HE DOES THE WHOLE ROOM.
"BARBRA STREISAND, GREATEST VOICE OF A GENERATION."
AND I WENT WITH MY 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AND I SIT WITH SHERYL
CROW.
>> IT'S IN THE DOCUMENTARY!
>> Stephen: I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE MET.
>> IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE MET.
>> Stephen: AND YOU WERE SO NICE TO MY 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER,
AND JON BON JOVI WAS SITTING ON THE SIDE OF YOU AND OVER HERE ON
THE OTHER SIDE OF MY DAUGHTER WAS RICHIE SAMBORA.
THEY USED TO SAY MY FIRST PROM DATE WAS RICHIE SAMBORA.
HE'S WEARING A TUX, AND SHE'S WEARING A BLUE DRESS.
>> DID YOU GET A PICTURE?
>> Stephen: I DID, IT WAS CREEPY.
SHERYL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR LAST NIGHT AND TONIGHT.
ANY TIME.
>> MY PLEASURE >> Stephen: THE DOCUMENTARY
"SHERYL" AIRS FRIDAY ON SHOWTIME.
SHERYL CROW, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.