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Melissa Etheridge is a legendary rock star, however she doesn’t precisely celebration like one.
“I’ve by no means [had] a beer, and by no means have I ever thrown up due to alcohol,” Etheridge, 63, completely tells Us Weekly‘s 25 Issues You Don’t Know About Me, including that she’s by no means gulped down a soda both.
The “Come to My Window” singer has extra expertise with psychedelics than brewskis, including, “I’ve journeyed on ayahuasca greater than as soon as.”
Followers will be taught extra concerning the Grammy winner in her two-part Paramount+ docuseries, Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Damaged, and her accompanying reside album, I’m Not Damaged (Reside From the Topeka Correctional Facility), on Tuesday, July 9.
Till then, scroll down for extra enjoyable information that followers may not learn about Etheridge:
1. In 2005, I drove a 35-foot RV from L.A. to NYC and again.
2. I’m 20 years cancer-free.
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3. I share a birthday — identical day, identical 12 months — with my spouse [Linda Wallem].
4. I’ve been a large Kansas Metropolis Chiefs soccer fan since childhood.
5. I’ve by no means [had] a beer, and by no means have I ever thrown up due to alcohol.
6. I’ve journeyed on ayahuasca greater than as soon as.
7. I solely put on Hoka tennis sneakers.
8. I attempt to drink a minimum of 90 ounces of water a day. I don’t and have by no means drank soda, at the same time as a baby.
9. I’ve over 100 guitars.
10. I’ve a chunk of the Berlin Wall and was there the night time it got here down. I even have authentic beads and a shawl worn by Janis Joplin and a sterling silver harmonica given to me on my birthday by Bruce Springsteen and his spouse, Patti Scialfa.
11. In 1983, I auditioned and virtually received an element on the TV present Fame. It was right down to me and Janet Jackson and, nicely, the remainder is historical past.
12. I converse a bit French: “Un petit peu [a little bit].”
13. The primary movie star I met in L.A. was Stevie Surprise.
14. I’ve an encyclopedic data of ’60s, ’70s and ’80s pop and rock information. I’ll take anybody on in a trivia contest!
15. I’ve made the identical protein powder and paleo greens smoothie for breakfast for the final 15 years.
16. I deal with my succulent vegetation like my kids. My actual kids are evidently jealous.
17. I let Brad Pitt apply fly fishing in my pool for his half in A River Runs By way of It.
18. I exploit a Quinton hypertonic ampoule in my water each day.
19. My favourite flowers are gerbera daisies.
20. Based on Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown’s drummer, I used to be the one artist to thank him and provides him credit score for inventing the “hip-hop” beat.
21. I can play at varied ranges of mastery guitar, piano, drums, harmonica, clarinet, saxophone, banjo, mandolin and mouth organ. Sure, there’s such a factor.
22. I as soon as owned an SUV that ran on vegetable diesel.
23. The primary live performance I ever attended was Buck Owens.
24. I like to go fishing.
25. My favourite puzzles are [made by] the Springbok Jigsaw Puzzle Firm in Kansas Metropolis. I’ve executed a whole lot of them.
