Nashville’s breakout star gears up for her first Grammy awards.
How the 31-year-old academic ditched the books to become aNashville critical darlingand first-time Grammy nominee.
Its like, you cant see yourself doing something until you see somebody else doing it.
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But shes got a bookish background.
She agonized over whether to pursue science or musicuntil her professor urged her to follow her dreams.
I was torn between what I should dopsychology or music, Cam recalls.
And she said, What would you regret having missed out on more?
That was a very clear way of putting it to me.
I would have fully regretted not trying music.
We both shaped each other a lot, she says of Johnson.
Going for Grammy Gold
As a first-time Grammy nominee and rising country starIt still hasnt sunk in!
she saysCam is happy to share her wisdom with the next wave of aspiring female artists.
Its all about the musicit just needs to be good enough that everything else doesnt matter.
