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Why Ed Sheeran Almost Quit Music And What Changed His Mind · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. They say fatherhood changes
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Speaker 1: just about every man, but for Ed Shearon, the arrival
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Speaker 1: of his daughter, Lyra in September almost ended his music
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Speaker 1: career altogether. Ed tell Serious XM that when his long
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Speaker 1: running world tour ended in August, he was at a
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Speaker 1: live crossroads and not sure what to do next. Then,
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Speaker 1: when his daughter was born, he seriously considered retiring from
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Speaker 1: music to focus on raising children, which he admits left
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Speaker 1: him depressed and direction list. Thankfully, he had an epiphany,
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Speaker 1: it says, I suddenly realized it is more important for
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Speaker 1: my daughter to grow up knowing that her parents have
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Speaker 1: work ethic and her parents love working hard and love
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Speaker 1: creating and enjoying their jobs. She needs to see that
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Speaker 1: rather than looking at her dad is technically unemployed. With
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Speaker 1: that newfounded drive, Ed went back to work and hammered
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Speaker 1: out his upcoming fourth album. Its lead single, Bad Habits,
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Speaker 1: is out now. That's Direct from Hollywood,