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" I think there are times in a lot of people's pasts where they've unintentionally fallen in love with really damaged people. You go out with someone who's a mess so you can feel less of a mess. "

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" 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 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

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" Moving to New York City and doing what I do, social anxiety is a really ridiculous kind of curse to have. But I met people along the way who deal with it - performers as well - and they are learning to deal with it daily and deal with it in different ways. "

" 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. "

Sharon Van Etten

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" The only thing that's helped me get through some really hard times was just being able to write and express - it's very cathartic for me. I'm hoping that, by writing and performing for other people, it affects them the same way. "

" Sometimes music should just be about you sitting on your bedroom floor, or in the back of the car, singing along stupidly. Evan Dando's music was all about that for me. "

Sharon Van Etten

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" When I first started making music, it was where I went when I couldn't express myself, when I wasn't able to connect with other people, when I couldn't talk about what I was going through. "

" 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. "

Sharon Van Etten

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" I think leading up to the tour is the most stressful part because you barely have any time home. "

Sharon Van Etten

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" I'm a lot more secure than I used to be. "

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

" In my teenage years, there was a lot of angst going on. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Most musicians are normal people who want to hang out and are really down to earth. "

" I wanna grow and develop as an artist, and I feel like different kinds of collaborations can only help me in that way. "

Sharon Van Etten

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" In 2015, I told my band that I was taking a break so I could focus on my home life, go back to school, and try to remember what it was like to feel like a human being again. "

" I always write from a personal place - whether it be about my friends or myself or a story that I heard. "

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

" I used to work at a label. I used to be a publicist. I used to be at a management company. "

" 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 don't want to bury anything in poetry. "

" 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. "

Sharon Van Etten

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" Hopefully, the stuff that is way too personal that I record and keep - people won't hear it because it's way too personal. "

" 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. "

" Writing songs helped me figure out how to communicate with other people. I finally figured out that if I could express something in a song, I could probably express it in my real life, too. "

Sharon Van Etten

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" You write these vulnerable songs as a sort of therapy, but if you don't confront people on a daily basis, it's not reality. There's still a bit of separation there. "

" 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

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" I always had a hard time communicating my emotions. I'd retreat into my bedroom and listen to music. And when you're a teenager, you're dealing with all these hormones. It's like, 'What are these?' "