Speaking in the interview about how she started out in music, Lizzo talks about how her dreams of becoming a musician were put on hold in 2009 when her father passed away.

Lizzo’s father had long been a supporter of her talents and encouraged her to pursue a career in music. After his death though, Lizzo says that she felt that she didn’t have “a purpose for being a musician”. What followed was a period of grief and depression, in which she lived in her car. “I spent Thanksgiving in that car,” she says, “and I remember I cried myself to sleep”.

Lizzo opens up about how she went from living in her car to being an award-winning musician