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" Where did you grow up? I grew up in a small town in southern Missouri. When I was 17, my friends and I always drove to the A&amp;amp;amp;W, Sonic, and Dairy Queen. We&amp;#039;d make the circuit, as we called it, listening to Journey, Foreigner, Kansas, and Fleetwood Mac! Were you a good student? Did you like school? I was a good student and I did like school. I was one of those lucky kids who didn&amp;#039;t have to put too much effort into getting good grades, but now, of course, school&amp;#039;s a lot different from what it was then. What was the most popular trend when you were going to school?  The shoes that had the big cork wedge, and also the Farrah Fawcett hairdo. Did you receive a superlative in high school? If so, what was it? I was voted Most Talented and Miss KHS (Kennett High School)! What is the craziest thing you ever did to get a guy to notice you? I used to stand out in my front yard and twirl my baton. I would stand out in front of the glass door and practice my baton twirling, knowing that everyone had to drop by my house to get to high school, which was right across the street from my house. There was only really one guy in particular that I cared about. He lived right down the street, so I would always be out twirling my baton because I could see when he was coming and going. And then he wound up dating my best friend. What was your summer job?  I was a lifeguard. Find out how Sheryl&amp;#039;s life has changed from then to now on the --&amp;amp;gt;.  What was your style when you were 17? What is it like now? I can safely say that my style has not changed that much. I was a kid who always wore jeans and tried to put on a cool top with it. I really gravitated to big, flowy skirts and the platform shoes. I probably don&amp;#039;t go quite as flowy as I did back then, though. What rumors were people spreading about you then? Now? I can&amp;#039;t think of any back then. Lately I keep hearing about how I&amp;#039;ve set up all these people with each other and, like, I&amp;#039;m some sort of matchmaker. It was also rumored that I was trying to get the government to legislate the amount of toilet tissue we could use. Actually, it was part of a skit \u2014 it wasn&amp;#039;t even remotely serious! What nicknames did you have back then? Now? On occasion I would get called Bird Legs. I can&amp;#039;t think of any now. What were your hobbies back then? Now? I loved music and sports \u2014 summer sports like water-skiing \u2014 and I was a big runner. I also loved twirling! I thought it was fun. Now, I probably don&amp;#039;t twirl as much anymore, but I still love water-skiing, riding my bike, and running, and clearly I love my music. That&amp;#039;s my favorite thing. What did you worry about back then? Now? I think for the most part I worried about whether a certain boy liked me, or whether I was going to be asked to do things with the popular group. You know, I wasn&amp;#039;t so worried about getting into college because my grades were good and, for the most part, most of the kids from where I grew up went to the state school. Now, I worry about my 1-year-old \u2014 making sure that he knows that he&amp;#039;s loved. I definitely worry about the state of the world and the planet.  Who was your idol back then? Now? My idol back then was probably my older sister, who&amp;#039;s five years older than me, and she was uber-cool. She had long, straight hair, looked like Ali McGraw, and was just totally everything I wanted to be as a kid. I&amp;#039;d have to say my idol now is my mom. I think she&amp;#039;s just an unbelievable woman. Who was your celebrity crush? Now?  I don&amp;#039;t remember my crushes back then. But, it&amp;#039;s George Clooney now. Oh, and the kid from Juno, Michael Cera. What advice did your parents give you when you were 17? Now? They told me to go to college to get a degree to fall back on if that whole big music thing didn&amp;#039;t work out. And, so, I got my teaching degree. Letter to my 17-year-old self: Dear Sheryl,  Have more fun and don&amp;#039;t take things so seriously! Sheryl is currently on tour promoting her album, Detours. She also has a new clothing line, Bootheel Trading Co., which launches in late July.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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