Jennifer Hudson on the cover of EW
April 3, 2009 by Wendy Boswell
I could listen to Jennifer Hudson sing all day and twice on Sundays, how about you? She’s on the cover of Entertainment Weekly next week, and I was lucky enough to get an advance copy with her interview inside. Yay! Here’s a few tidbits from the interview:
On music:
“In church we call that the Anointing, that’s what you’re feeling,” she says. “Music is my home. When I’m trying to find my inner peace, when it seems like everything is overwhelming, I put music in my ears.”
On working after the tragic murders of her mother, sister, and nephew:
“This is what I love to do, and I hate to sit still,” she tells Entertainment Weekly. “I have been active for the past four or five years, and to be working like that and then to just stop and all you hear is the clock ticking…” She shakes her head. “That will drive you crazy.”
On how she’s dealing with the family tragedies:
Hudson becomes quiet when conversation strays into sensitive territory, and when asked about her emotional Grammy performance of “You Pulled Me Through,” for instance, she says, “I like to be led by the emotion of a song. I want the audience to experience what I’m feeling.” Hudson still does not talk about the murders, even with those closest to her. “I try not to say anything about it,” says her childhood friend and longtime assistant, Walter Williams III. “She’s okay as long as people don’t bring it up. She’s trying to put all of that behind her.”
There’s a lot more than that, and I highly recommend you grab an issue and read it. I can’t believe how much she’s had to go through this year, I would seriously have to be holed up in my house for years after something like that. She’s amazing.
