Sheryl Crow relied heavily on alcohol to get her through her early live performances - because she could only take to the stage when she was drunk.

The All I Wanna Do hitmaker admits she drank a lot of Jack Daniel’s whiskey as a young star to help her handle the stresses of fame.

But Crow is relieved she eventually kicked the habit.

She says, “I did a lot of drinking early on because it helped me cope with what was happening. But I couldn’t deal with it. I’m small and skinny and just a couple of shots would get me drunk. A couple more and I’d be all over the place. I had to knock it on the head. Now the greatest buzz is performing sober.”

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Sheryl Crow credits her battle against breast cancer with making her a better person - because it gave her a reason to cry.

The All I Wanna Do hitmaker admits the disease changed a number of things about her - including what she ate and how she dealt with her emotions.

Crow revealed that she always tried to put on a brave face - but cancer made her realize she could open up and express her feelings.

She says, “If I was angry or sad, I let myself cry. I spent days crying. I allowed myself to open up. I used to think people only loved me when I was achieving, and I began to understand that the real people - my close friends and family - loved me whatever.”

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Jennifer Aniston isn’t the only one with a new man. Life & Style has learned that her pal Sheryl Crow, 46, is dating John Cassimus, a restaurateur from Birmingham, Ala. “They’re enjoying getting to know each other,” says an insider, who adds that a mutual friend, Jay Barker, a football star turned radio personality in Birmingham, introduced them. “Jay got them together in March. John, who’s also a pilot, has been flying his plane to Nashville to see her. They’ve kept it pretty low-key — cooking together, riding horses, going up in his plane.” And if they decide to dine out, they’ll never have to worry about a reservation. “John runs a restaurant chain in the South called Zoë’s Kitchen,” the insider says. “He’s also a partner in a Japanese place called Jinsei in Homewood, near Birmingham.” Sheryl is set to perform in nearby Pelham on May 23 — and, according to the insider, be with her new beau.

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Lindsey Buckingham has hit back at reports Sheryl Crow will become a member of the super group when it tours in 2009, insisting her announcement is a little premature.

Christine McVie resigned from the band over a decade ago and Lindsey is looking to replace her with someone to shake things up a bit, but insists that nothing is written in stone.

Eva will be 33 on March 15.  A few of her fellow Desperate Housewives costars came out, including Marcia Cross and Dana Delany.  Sheryl Crow, Mario Lopez and her trusty hair stylist Ken Paves were also spotted.

Sheryl Crow has exploded the myth that Brad Pitt dumped then-wife Jennifer Aniston to romance Angelina Jolie, insisting her pal ditched the movie hunk - and not the other way around.

Despite the widely held belief the pair’s marriage ended in 2005 - after Pitt left Aniston - Crow insists she and Aniston bonded after the former Friends star dumped Pitt and she split from her fiance, cyclist Lance Armstrong.

Crow insists, “For both of us, the perceived idea is that, in our big relationships, we both got dumped. Believe me, this is not true. Neither one of us has ever gotten dumped. No one ever knows what goes on in relationships. Unfortunately, for some people like Jennifer and me, so much is written about things that you don’t say, and so many emotions are attributed to you that you haven’t had.”

Friends have backed up Crow’s claim - one pal telling the National Enquirer, “Once Jen saw the writing on the wall, she dumped Brad. “She took a cold, hard look at her marriage and realized it was irretrievably broken. She and Brad had vastly different personal agendas and feelings about love, career and having a family.”

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