Wilson also explained why releasing her new album, ‘Sound of a Woman,’ has felt “scary”
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- Rita Wilson revealed the advice Bruce Springsteen once gave her about songwriting and creativity
- The actress and singer-songwriter said releasing her new album, Sound of a Woman, has been “scary” as a typically private person stepping into a more vulnerable space
- Wilson said she’s at peace with not everyone connecting to her work, adding that if even “one person” relates, that’s “enough”
Rita Wilson revealed the inspiring piece of advice that Bruce Springsteen once gave her about songwriting.
While speaking at the Sound of a Woman: Rita Wilson in Conversation with Demi Moore event at 92NY in New York City on April 28, Wilson said that Springsteen, 76, soothed her anxiety about becoming a songwriter later in life.
“We were talking one day about songwriting … he was giving a masterclass really on it,” Wilson, 69, began.
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“And so when there was a pause, I said to him, ‘What makes me think that I can start writing now when you've been writing all your life?' And he said, "Because, Rita, creativity is time independent,' " she continued.
“And I thought that's so true, like, who's got the clock? Who up there has got the clock saying, ‘I'm sorry, that was supposed to happen in 1985’? ” Wilson added.
“I just think we have so many limiting beliefs — our own beliefs — but also societal beliefs that say, ‘You can't do that, or that's not acceptable.' And I'm here to break some rules. I never was a rule breaker when I was a teenager, a rebel in any sense. I'm gonna be now,” she said.
The actress, producer and singer-songwriter released her sixth studio album, Sound of a Woman, on May 1.
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The record, co-produced with Grammy winner Dave Cobb and recorded in Nashville, marks her first solo album since 2019 and traces an introspective journey through a woman's life.
During the 92NY event, Wilson — who is married to actor Tom Hanks — shared that putting such a personal album out into the world has been a “scary” experience, specifically because she is typically a private person.
“We have public personas that are out there, and I am a very, very private person … [and] I have felt very comfortable being that private person. But when you feel compelled to say something … you have to go out into the world. It can't be held too close to you anymore," she said.
“You just have to put it out there. And so that is scary,” she continued.
Wilson also said that she's come to terms with the fact that not everyone might like her work — and she's at peace with that.
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“You know, [people] may not like it, and that's okay, too. I still feel like I wouldn't change it. I wouldn't change anything that I've done to get to this point, you know?” she added.
Wilson went on to say that if just “one person” connects with her work, it will be “enough.”
You can purchase Sound of a Woman wherever music is sold.
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