Jessica Simpson revealed in the early 2000s that she “never felt good enough” to be a pop star.
Speaking to the audience at her concert in Connecticut on Sunday, the 45-year-old musician recalled feeling inadequate at the start of her career.
“My whole music career, you know I’ve had a job, and it was to be a pop star and I tried, but I will say that when you’re younger you just never feel good enough and it’s okay to not feel good enough,” Jessica admitted.
The I want to love you forever hitmaker continued, “I want everyone to have grace for themselves when they don’t feel good enough sometimes. But I’m very good at convincing myself that my purpose is bigger than the moment I’m in – a very difficult time of my life. I just had to surrender myself to the intuition of the light in front of me and just focus on that.”
Jessica went on to describe how music became “a job” for her.
“It was never about the music. It was never about my voice. It was never about my purpose. It was about chasing hits,” said the Take my breath away singer. “It was about how many listens you got on the radio and just making sure they (the label) made it back. It was a job.”
Jessica, who recently released a pair of EPs, Nashville Canyon Part I and II, also revealed how the city transformed her.
“I really like Nashville,” noted the With you singer. “It brought me home, to myself. It brought me into my heart at a very difficult time in my life.”
“I had to kind of surrender to my intuition, to the light that was in front of me. I just focused on that,” she added.
