Kesha On Feeling Like An Outcast, Getting Her Life Back & More on CBS SUNDAY MORNING

Singer-songwriter Kesha always felt like an outcast, but she feels she's gotten her life back through her new music, she says in an interview with Anthony Mason for CBS SUNDAYMORNING to be broadcast Sunday, May 6 (9:00 AM, ET) on the CBS Television Network.

Kesha Rose Sebert, simply known as Kesha, soared onto the pop music scene in 2010 with the hit "Tik Tok." Yet, despite spending nearly a decade at the top of the charts, she admits she's never quite fit in.

"I don't feel like I fit in anywhere, really. Still," Kesha tells Mason.

Reminded by Mason that she's got millions of fans who suggest she fits in, Kesha adds, "At my shows, I feel like I fit in."

In a rare wide-ranging interview, Kesha talks with Mason about her career, her show-stopping performance at this year's Grammy Awards, being named to Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people, checking herself into rehab in 2014 for an eating disorder, and her new music.

She tells Mason that it was her decision to seek help for an eating disorder.

"I knew I had to because I hated myself so much," Kesha says.

Kesha tells Mason her song "Rainbow" came out of that experience. That also led to last August's release of the album Rainbow, her first in five years. It debuted at #1.

"I feel like I took my life back," she says of the new album.

Though cautious of speaking out because of ongoing litigation, Kesha also talks with Mason about the impact of filing a lawsuit against former producer Lukasz Gottwald, known as Dr. Luke, accusing him of sexual assault, which he has denied.

"I guess what I'm asking is, what are you telling yourself when you're going through this?" Mason asks Kesha.

She pauses then says, "There's only so much somebody can take."

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