Rebecca States - Hearts Entwined (2019)

Music has always played a significant role in my life. Growing up, I was faced with many challenges as a result of two car accidents. While recovering from my injuries, music provided an escape from the difficulties with which I was dealing. As I got older, a variety of musical artists helped me, through their songs, to recognize the beauty in myself, even when my peers didn’t see it.

When I look around today - in the news and on the internet, it breaks my heart to see girls and women (and even men) going to dangerous lengths in order to live up to society’s standards of the ideal body image. I hope that, through the songs on this album, I can be a messenger and bring inspiration to others, giving them the same comfort that those songs brought me so many years ago. Not everyone fits into the same cookie-cutter mold, and that’s okay!

This CD would not have been possible without the incredible creativity of my sister, Sarah Rae Johnson, and musical arrangements by our collaborator, Lorne Dechtenberg. I would also like to thank my parents, Johnny and Lynn States, for their support – both emotional and financial – as I pursue my dream of working in the field of music. Thanks are also due to Lisa Barger for her excellent photography, and to Dave Henderson for his recording expertise. Lastly, I want to thank YOU, my listeners, for sharing this great experience with me. This CD has been a true labor of love, so I’m over the moon to finally be able to share it with everyone!

And, always remember to love yourself, because what you think of yourself is more important than what anyone else thinks of you.