2016-09-19
1 小时 1 分钟When you know that you suck, it is so painful.
And I quit playing guitar several times, and I just didn't think it was possible for me to get good until he said that to me.
And I was like, he's like, you have to be willing to suck, and you have to play through it.
Play through it, and you're gonna suck, and you're gonna hate it.
And eventually, all of a sudden, you're gonna be good.
And he was right.
Today's guest, Ali Handel, grew up loving music, particularly guitar.
And she kinda got in her head that she was never good enough or gonna be good enough to make it her life.
So she went the academic path and ended up almost pursuing her PhD.
She went through college and was about to go and get her PhD in psychology and become a therapist when she realized that actually the thing that she had to do was play music.
She had to dive back into her guitar and songwriting and make that the center of everything.
And there was a moment where somebody kind of said something that snapped her into the realization that just because she wasn't as good as she wanted to be now didn't mean that she never would be.
And everything changed.
And that story and where she's landed now is what we dive into in a really powerful way.
In this week's conversation, we also walk through some pretty big awakenings and moments in her life.
A couple of years ago, she was diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer, and we explore how she's been moving through that window, how it affected her and how she sort of lives and how it's changed her and also not changed her in certain ways.
And at the end, she brought this stunning, absolutely stunning Gibson guitar to the studio with her.
So I couldn't resist asking her to play something for us.
So we get a sneak preview of a song that will be on her forthcoming album, which is pretty awesome.
So be absolutely sure to stick around to the end because you don't want to miss that.