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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. "

Sharon Van Etten

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Dark

Love

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" I've always liked to learn how to do things - I'm a hobby person. So I'll learn something at a beginner's level, then usually move on to the next thing. "

" I didn't start writing with band arrangements until I was working on 'Tramp.' "

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" 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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Song

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" I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important to me. "

Sharon Van Etten

Focus

Everything

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