[gentle music] The fear is good because it shows that I just bloody care about it.

Hello, I'm Ren Barlow, and I want you to find your voice.

I kind of wanna rewrite the musician story- Mm ... and design it for myself so that I can still do what I'm born to do, but then also not have that hole in my heart for so long.

Mm.

Music is the thread, but the stories are what transforms us, as each week we're joined by artists, leaders, and change-makers who show us what is possible when we rewrite the score.

If no one was on planet Earth, what would I do, what would I say, and who would I be? Mm.

Mm

... following all the shiny things.

It was?

Okay.

My best friend from high school, I remember so clearly, I never used to sing in front of anybody.

And I remember in school, this one day I was just really happy and I started singing out loud.

And my best friend looked at me and she said, please never sing again.

Okay.

I was really bad.

Who do you need to be forthright with and will it be hard? I have never thought

Listen to the stuff on the way up here this morning and like, wow, Steph.

Thank you.

Awesome.

That's really nice of you.

My mindset with all of this is I think like when I first got these offers of, hey, Steph, you're going to be playing Bonnaroo, you're going to be playing Summerfest, Winnetka, all these really cool festivals.

Immediately my initial reaction was like, wow, crazy, like adrenaline excitement.

And then I think my body almost like calms me down and maybe that's just like self-preservation.

So I would imagine that kind of those thoughts might be coming up a little bit for you.