I remember the first time we met, Ann-Louise and I. In a small cafe in Casa de Cultura in Alfaz del Pi, Spain. A friend of mine had told her about me, that she believed I had a story worth telling and music that deserved to be heard.

Ann-Louise was curious and excited when we sat down. She had this smile on her face as she put the earplugs in and I pushed play on my phone to let her listen to the song "Young Heart". Not long after, tears started running down her face and she looked at me in a way that I will never forget. "There is something to this music, Vibeke, something very special", she said before continuing; "I recognize the feeling I have inside right now, I have felt this once before! You see, years ago, when I was studying in France, I got to interview an artist that was giving a small concert to the students. She was not well known at that time, but I could just feel this enormous potential while talking to her that made me think; this is going to be something big!
It was Sheryl Crow right before her breakthrough."