Sheryl Crow is completely satisfied to supply no matter assist she will to youthful artists. Because the singer, 61, celebrated being inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame, she additionally raved about Olivia Rodrigo, 20, in an interview with Leisure Tonight, printed on Sunday, November 5. As an artist, Sheryl mentioned she is aware of how daunting your second album may be, and she or he praised Olivia for her nice work on Guts. 

Sheryl sang the praises of Olivia’s new file, which dropped in September. ” I acquired to type of raise her up slightly bit, as a result of she’s acquired a brand new file [out],” she defined on the Rock Corridor induction. “I understand how onerous the second file is, the sophomore. You’re competing with the success of your first file, and she or he nailed it.”

In addition to praising Olivia, Sheryl additionally revealed the recommendation that she’s given the “Vampire” singer as she navigates this thrilling section of her profession. “I mentioned, you recognize, ‘When you can, simply write down one sentence each day, of what occurred throughout that day, as a result of you’ll sometime look again [at] this, and attempt to keep in mind all of the issues,’” she instructed ET. “The opposite factor [I told her] is to only keep within the work and keep out of the chatter.”

Olivia joined Sheryl as she was inducted into the Rock Corridor for a efficiency of her 1996 hit “If It Makes You Completely happy” on Friday, November 3. In addition to the duet with the “good 4 u” popstar, Sheryl additionally carried out her songs “Sturdy Sufficient” and “On a regular basis is a Winding Highway” with Stevie Nicks. Peter Frampton additionally joined for “Winding Highway,” per Pitchfork.

This isn’t the primary time that the “All I Wanna Do” singer has praised Olivia. Sheryl defined how their Rock Corridor collaboration got here to be throughout an look on The Tonight Present on Thursday. “She’s valuable,” she mentioned. “[Olivia] requested me to do that factor when she got here to Nashville. So I texted her and mentioned, ‘Hey, would you do the Rock Corridor with me?’ And he or she’s like, ‘I’d like to, I’d be so honored.’”