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" I hate the term 'emo.' It turned into this genre of music, when all music, if you connect with it, is emotional. "
Sharon Van Etten
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" 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. "
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I Am
Me
People
" I don't like to hold back. Especially with who I am and what I do, it's all me. Everything's my name; it's what I do. It's how I feel. It's what I think. "
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" I overthink everything. I'm just like, 'Wait, why do they want to hear me?' I start doubting myself. Other times, I'll just get so emotional during a song. Sometimes I'll cry while I'm singing. It's so weird. I'm such a baby. "
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" 'The Boatman's Call' is amazing; it's an album of love songs, really beautiful. "
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" Everyone has their down days. Unfortunately, that's when I am the most prolific. "
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Everyone
I Am
Most
" When I can write a song in a way where I feel like other people can relate to it, and I can take it past being cathartic just for me, that's when I know I can share it. Otherwise, I'd just feel like it's selfish. "
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Me
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" I have a lot of alter-egos: I would love to be a back-up singer for someone someday. I have an electronic side-project. I have a '90s grunge side project; I have a piano project... I have this industrial, goth-electronic song, super creepy sounding, just really dark and dreary. "
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" I think leading up to the tour is the most stressful part because you barely have any time home. "
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Up
" Brit Marling is very positive, very professional, very encouraging. "
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Positive
Professional
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" On first listen, it's nice to just soak up the sound without thinking about what it means. It's like a relationship. Records I've had for years mean more to me now than they did years ago. "
Sharon Van Etten
Nice
Relationship
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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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Think
Caring
Getting Older
" I have this red cardigan that my friend Coco gave me that has holes for thumbs. It's my cozy sweater. I wear it a lot. "
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Me
Friend
" It's not onstage as often anymore, but whenever I got anxious, I used to talk a lot more, and I wouldn't even know what I was saying... it was so bad. If I just talk myself through something, even if it's just talking about nothing, it usually gets me out of it. "
Sharon Van Etten
Know
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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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Broken
Parents
Know
" I'm still learning how to be comfortable touring. I haven't found that balance yet. "
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Balance
Learning
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" In my teenage years, there was a lot of angst going on. "
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Angst
Years
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" 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. "
Sharon Van Etten
World
Negative
Hate
" 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. "
Sharon Van Etten
Consciousness
Stream
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" My mom is a history teacher, so we'd go on all these historic trips as kids around Halloween, because it was kind of creepy. "
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History
" I didn't start writing with band arrangements until I was working on 'Tramp.' "
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Working
Until
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" All the records I keep are like friends I visit. "
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" When I write, it's to heal. It's my own self-therapy so that I don't actually feel sad all of the time. "
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" Everything will be okay. I have a sticker on my laptop that says that. "
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" I'm not the sad sack that people might think I am. But I think that if I didn't write and perform, I probably would be. "
Sharon Van Etten
I Am
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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. "
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You
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" Whatever your writing is about, you're really connected with it, and you can always go back to when that was. I remember everything, and time and place are like a center for me. "
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Writing
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" 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
Coffee
" 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
More
" 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
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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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