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" I get things out of my system through my songs, but, because they can be about so many different things, it takes me a while to get through them emotionally. "
Sharon Van Etten
System
Different
Me
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" I'm really out of touch with myself emotionally. I've always had a hard time talking about how I feel. "
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" In my teenage years, there was a lot of angst going on. "
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" I've always been really shy. I was always afraid of any kind of confrontation. "
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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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" People always ask me, 'Why do you only write about heartbreak?' I think I only write when I'm broken, so that's just what happens. It makes me feel better, but having some distance helps. "
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" The studio is a time when you can do anything that you want to. You have that freedom. "
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" I'm a lot more secure than I used to be. "
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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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" Everyone has their down days. Unfortunately, that's when I am the most prolific. "
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I Am
Most
" I moved to New York to pursue music. "
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York
Pursue
New York
" I started playing, and people responded to it and connected with it and now, I don't even know what I'm really connecting with anymore or if I'm helping people. Now it's more of a business. "
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People
Business
Connected
" I don't know how to get a crowd singing along. That's not what my music does. "
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Music
Singing
Crowd
" Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy. "
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Different
Energy
Live
" All the records I keep are like friends I visit. "
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Like
Keep
Visit
" I was in musicals. and I was in the choir when I was younger. Before I started writing my own songs, I thought I wanted to be on Broadway, but it was nothing I ever really pursued. "
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My Own
Thought
Nothing
" The dilemma I have is that everything I do at work is all about me, and at what point is that selfish? I'm just talking and singing about myself, or I'm standing on a stage and hoping that everybody likes me. Obviously, it's also about the music and feeling and connecting; I know it's deeper than that. "
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Singing
Music
Myself
" 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. "
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Consciousness
Stream
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" I am my therapist, and I analyze what's happening and if I'm being hurt in the process. The result is songs that are very emotional, very deep, although I try to write them generally so they won't alienate the listener. "
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Result
Process
I Am
" I don't want to bury anything in poetry. "
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Want
Anything
Bury
" I was pretty troubled for a long time. And I didn't know that. As a kid, I never talked about my emotions. My mom gave me a journal, but I didn't know what it meant. I just wrote all the time, not even thinking about it. But it also made me feel better. "
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Mom
Me
Long
" I love being domestic: making coffee, just putting on a record, and just sitting, not doing anything. It's so great. "
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Great
Doing
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" 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. "
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Parents
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" I always write from a personal place - whether it be about my friends or myself or a story that I heard. "
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" I hit 'record' whenever I'm going through a really hard time. I don't listen to it for a couple of days, so I have some perspective. If it's too personal to share, and I feel like would alienate the listeners, then I usually don't share that stuff. "
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Time
" Performing a song is intense. When I see people connecting, it makes it all worthwhile. "
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See
" 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. "
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" Every time I re-perform a song, I gain some perspective. "
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Song
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