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" Brit Marling is very positive, very professional, very encouraging. "
Sharon Van Etten
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" I don't think I'll ever feel perfectly balanced, but I feel like I'm figuring it out, and I'm surrounded by really wonderful people that want to see me succeed and be happy. Life is wild. "
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" I have a day job Monday to Friday. I work at a record label in Brooklyn called Ba Da Bing. It's a great indie label and I listen to music all day. I meet people online and find out about the cool new music blogs. "
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" I will entertain things that are entertaining and sound interesting and challenge me. But acting just doesn't come second-nature to me. "
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" The only thing that's helped me get through some really hard times was just being able to write and express - it's very cathartic for me. I'm hoping that, by writing and performing for other people, it affects them the same way. "
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" I don't know how to get a crowd singing along. That's not what my music does. "
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" Noveller make soundscapes that are creepy, ethereal, really beautiful and all over the place. They can be intense, dark, and groovy but also dreamlike and happy. "
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" In my teenage years, there was a lot of angst going on. "
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" My mom used to ask me when I was gonna write a happy song. I still tell her that it's when I start to write really happy-sounding songs that everyone needs to start worrying. "
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" I realized that there's this fine line between being personal and being general and being alienating. "
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" I'm still friends with most of my exes. There are only one or two people that I'll never talk to again. "
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" One day when I have a band I will have a band name, but since it's just me I feel it should just be my name. For me it doesn't make much sense since the music is from me and about me. I haven't ever been in a band. "
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" I'm a total goofball. "
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" Just getting older, you stop caring what other people think, but also, you know who you are, and you know what you want. "
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