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. >> rose: we conclude with sheryl crow. her new album is called "be myself." >> i done know if i ever gone in to make a record where i felt like i couldn't write it fast enough. i would start playing and verses would come out in full chunks. and that, in 25 or 30 years of writing has never been the norm. but there is a lot going on, you know. and what a great opportunity to be an artist. and be able to try to give voice to what so many people around me my age were discussing. and there's liberation in not writing for 13 year olds. >> rose: the president's deal with democrats, jake gyllenhaal and sheryl crow next. >> funding for charlie rose is provided by the following: bank of america, life better connected. >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin tonight with politics. in a rare moment of bipartisanship president trump struck a deal with democratic congressio

. ♪ charlie: sheryl crow is here.has sold 35 million records over her career. her hit songs include "all i want to do," "soak up the sun," and her new album is called "be myself." rolling stone calls it her "toughest and best in a decade." here is a look at the single "halfway there" featuring al goodfriend friend, mr. gary clark junior. >> ♪ let's just agree our good friend, mr. gary clark junior. >> ♪ let's just agree to disagree we on the rest baby, if you care if you really care won't you meet me halfway there? baby if you care meet me halfway there baby if you care won't you meet you halfway there? yeah . ♪ charlie: do you know how long it's been since you are here at this table? guest: 20 years, oh my goodness. i can't believe that. i remember telling you this was my favorite talk show. i love it. you always keep it real and interesting. charlie: there was a sense in terms of "be myself" of a woman who is she is looking forward is also looking back. sheryl: that's exactly right. many times on stage i have talked

charlie: sheryl crow is here. to do," "soak up the sun," d her new album is called "be myself." rolling stone calls it her " toughest and best in a decade." let's just agree to disagree we on the rest baby, if you care if you really care won't you meet me halfway there? want you meet me halfway there? ♪ know how longu it's been since you are here at this table? guest: 20 years, oh my goodness. i can't believe that. i remember telling you this was my favorite talk show. i love it. you always keep it real and interesting. charlie: there was a sense in terms of "be myself" of a woman looking back. sheryl: that's exactly right. many times on stage i have talked about "every day is a winding road," which was out 23 years ago, a younger person looking at the road ahead. there's a lot of looking back at the road of traveled on this record. charlie: to the extent of listening to all of the great songs that you have written and performed. sheryl: i revisited some of it because i wanted to remember the spirit of some of the

. ♪ if it makes you happy >> female artists like sheryl crow or liz fair, even though had had successs, voices, respected or taken seriously. ♪ i'm just a girl >> there was such a strange dichotomy to gwen stefani, super girly and kind of tough, and the front of a band of all these guys. ♪ that's all that you'll let me be ♪ >> i'm just a girl in the world and that's all that you'll let me be. it was like the middle finger up to of imguy that ever annoyed y. >> look who's here. alanis. >> ran into her. >> shopping, thought we'd take you with us. alanis has a brand new album, brand-new look, i noticed. >> i was dropped from mca records after having made records through my teens. and my personal promise was i wouldn't stop until i wrote a record that really exemplified and nailed on the head what was truly going on for me. ♪ is she perverted like me would she go down with you in a theater ♪ >> like what did she say? women can say that? yeah, they could. she was sing being a relationship that had obviously gone wrong, but it wasn't this kind of nice, oh, my god, you left me, now i'm sad.