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" I didn't think I was helping other people. But I think that comes hand in hand with trying to be able to connect with people, and if you make things too personal, then it's harder for people to relate to you. Otherwise, it's just them listening to you read your diary. "

Sharon Van Etten

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First

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" I was without my own place for nearly two years. It's such a cliche to be a homeless musician in New York, but luckily, I had amazing friends who let me stay with them. I visited my parents a lot. It's not like I was sleeping in my car, though I might have done that once... But it was by choice! "

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Parents

Car

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" As a kid, you put musicians on a pedestal - well, I did. The more you meet bands, and the more you hang around them, you can have normal conversations. "

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Musicians

You

" I'm trying to learn how to cook. "

" I was so broken when I did the first record. I was living in my parents' basement, I didn't know anyone. I was broken-hearted and writing this really dark record. I was at the bottom of a well. "

" Performing a song is intense. When I see people connecting, it makes it all worthwhile. "

" I hate putting negative energy out into the world. But it's either inside or out. I mean, it's either get an ulcer or have a fight. "

" I feel like I'm getting better at being a writer. "

Sharon Van Etten

Getting Better

Better

" People relate to songs so differently. No matter what it's about in reality, people create their own meaning behind it and connect with it on their own terms. "

" I have a hard time not wearing my heart on my sleeve and answering people honestly. You know, my friends warn me that I should be more guarded 'cause sometimes I am too honest and open, but it's also just who I am. "

Sharon Van Etten

I Am

People

" 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. "

" I believe my songs are strong enough to stand on their own - even way back then when they were recorded badly and minimally. "

" 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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Name

Band

" 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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Challenge

Interesting

" I totally lucked out by meeting a lot of amazing people. I guess it stems from going to shows and being confident enough to meet people and be able to talk to them like a normal person rather than have my head down all the time. "

" I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy. "

" Just getting older, you stop caring what other people think, but also, you know who you are, and you know what you want. "

" I definitely wouldn't consider myself a professional, but I like to dress up like one. "

Sharon Van Etten

Dress

" I like having a home. I like having a place to return to. "

" I can't read notes well, but I can hear something and sing a harmony to it automatically. "

" My career is based off of me talking about my emotions. "

" I don't know how to get a crowd singing along. That's not what my music does. "

" I work a lot with sounds based on stream of consciousness. I like the way it sounds, then I turn it into something that makes more sense. "

" I started writing for myself when I didn't know how to understand how I was feeling, and I didn't know how to talk to people about it, so I would break into the subconscious to try and understand what I was going through. "