Dierks Bentley at 'Stars and Strings'

Inside the Hard Rock Artist Lounge at Audacy's 'Stars and Strings,' this year's lineup made space to talk about mental health to support the 'I'm Listening' initiative because talk has the power to save lives.

"I know as a songwriter, one of the greatest things I get to do is write songs with other people, and before we even start writing songs, we'll be in the room just kind of talking about our life, talking about things we're going through, struggles, and I feel very fortunate in that regard to have a group of people, also my hockey team, before we even go on the ice, just a lot of conversation," says Dierks. "So just that conversation is so important, that dialogue with friends and family, just to kind of just to talk about it, just to get it out there in the open."