Cher Reveals Why Her 'Very Painful' Memoir Took 7 Years to Write: 'It Went Through Many, Many Changes'

Cher took her time to ensure the story of her life was told perfectly.

The pop icon, 78, recently released part of one of Cher: The Memoir, but the project was seven years and three rewrites in the making.

"It was really, really difficult," Cher explained in a recent interview about the juicy tell-all. "Sometimes I just wanted to jump off a bridge. Very painful."

In the first installment of the read, the "Dark Lady" singer delves into her unconventional upbringing with her mom, Georgia Holt, and her tumultuous relationship with her former husband Sonny Bono. “Some of them were easy, some of them were fun, and some of them were really, really difficult and … that I'm just getting over,” Cher noted about returning to certain memories.

Due to how intense going back to certain moments in her life was, getting the words out was an arduous process. "Because we were forced to do the book again and again. At the end, we were down to the wire. We were working … 11 hours a day," she said of the book's three rewrites. "I probably should have done it four."

"When I read it the first time, it wasn't about stories, it was about information,” the Moonstruck actress said about getting every detail right. “I thought, 'This is not going to work for me. Information is not important. It doesn't mean anything. It doesn't take you anywhere.' Stories take you someplace. It went through many, many changes."

One vulnerable aspect that Cher talks about in the book is her life-long struggle with dyslexia, which also impacted the writing process. Luckily, she had excellent help from ghostwriters. “I did everything from memory,” she said. “We would just sit there. Julia [Leatham] would write everything. Mostly she let it be in my words. I have a distinct way of talking. … Sometimes I pause where you might not expect to pause or think it belonged, but that's just who I am. I didn’t write anything down because I don’t like writing. It's just too much for me to handle."

When it came to recording the audiobook, the "Believe" songstress recruited Stephanie J. Block, who won a Tony for her portrayal of Cher in Broadway's The Cher Show, to help tell her story. “I once told a director, I can read or I can act, but I can't do two of them at the same time,” the music legend explained. “Because I’m dyslexic, it's really hard. It takes so much more effort, and I make lots of mistakes. But it’s not an imitation of me. … I said, ‘Stephanie, don't try to do me. Just think of me in your mind.’ She knows me. So, I think people will really be happy."

Yahoo Entertainment conducted the interview with Cher.