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" I realized that there's this fine line between being personal and being general and being alienating. "

Sharon Van Etten

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" If I make assumptions about the audience and start overthinking things, I can drive myself crazy about how the audience perceives me. I try not to do that anymore. "

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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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" The studio is a time when you can do anything that you want to. You have that freedom. "

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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 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 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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" I love traveling. I love meeting people. I love performing, but it's hard to be gone and to not have a real life and to just get the emotional love that you need from the people you're traveling with. "

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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. "

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" If I start panicking a little bit, I just talk through it with somebody. "

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" 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. "

Sharon Van Etten

" I've always been really shy. I was always afraid of any kind of confrontation. "

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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. "

Sharon Van Etten

" 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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" 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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" Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy. "

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" I think, in general, I find writing to be very therapeutic and singing in itself to be really therapeutic. "

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

Sharon Van Etten

" Singing a song like 'Your Love Is Killing Me,' people are worried about me. My mother called me, like, 'What's going on with you? Are you alright? I thought you were doing fine.' And I'm like, 'I am doing fine. It's just, this is what I do.' "

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

Sharon Van Etten

" I would love to work with PJ Harvey some day. "

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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

" I feel like, as a female, I am maybe hyper-sensitive to feeling pushed into a corner or somebody taking a song a different way. "

Sharon Van Etten

" 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. "

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" 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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" 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'm very democratic about stuff. I know what I want, but I also like getting opinions and people sharing ideas. "

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" I'm still learning how to be comfortable touring. I haven't found that balance yet. "

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" I'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes. "

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" Everyone has their down days. Unfortunately, that's when I am the most prolific. "

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