Mandy Mooreis ready to share just how much she’s grown over the past decade.
Moore, who will be releasingSilver Landingsnext month — herfirst album in over 10 years— opened up about how much things have changed for her in a new interview withThe New York Times.
“I’m a firm believer in things happening for a reason, and it took the last 10 years of my life to get to this point,” theThis Is Usstar, 35, said. “I really feel like it was worth it.”
Moore’s previous album,Amanda Leigh,came out in 2009, the same year she married ex-husbandRyan Adams.
Although Moore wrote new songs throughout their six-year marriage, she told theTimesthat Adams discouraged her from working with anybody else. She also began to have doubts about herself and what she brought “to the table.”
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Last February, Mooreopened up about their relationshipin aNew York Timesreport in which multiple women accused Adams ofharassment and emotional abuse, allegations which Adams denied.
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Since then, Moore has found love again with husband Taylor Goldsmith, whom shemarried in November 2018and collaborated with on her new album.
“There wasn’t a question that if I ever made music again it would be with him,” she said of the Dawes frontman, noting that several songs on the album touch on her past insecurities with herself and her music.
“I think I’ve really turned a corner on the idea of having a lot of affection for that part of me and how that 15-year-old was able to navigate what could have been a very tricky world,” Moore continued. “That I’m still here is proof that I did something right, I guess.”
Moore previouslytold PEOPLEof her songwriting process: ”Sometimes writing a song feels like giving myself the advice I know I need the most and it’s often the hardest to heed.”
The actress added, “It makes the song almost a mantra of sorts – something I know I’ll continue learning because it bears repeating.”
Silver Landingswill be released on March 6.
source: people.com
