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" I totally lucked out by meeting a lot of amazing people. I guess it stems from going to shows and being confident enough to meet people and be able to talk to them like a normal person rather than have my head down all the time. "

Sharon Van Etten

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Sharon Van Etten

Back

I Am

" Noveller make soundscapes that are creepy, ethereal, really beautiful and all over the place. They can be intense, dark, and groovy but also dreamlike and happy. "

" 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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You

" I'm trying to learn how to cook. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" My mom used to ask me when I was gonna write a happy song. I still tell her that it's when I start to write really happy-sounding songs that everyone needs to start worrying. "

" My career is based off of me talking about my emotions. "

" I only work with people that are mysteries. "

" I hate the term 'emo.' It turned into this genre of music, when all music, if you connect with it, is emotional. "

" I love how small the world is. "

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

" 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

Car

You

" I only write when I'm in a dark place. I hit 'record' and get it out, writing and playing my guitar at the same time. "

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

" 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

" I'm still friends with most of my exes. There are only one or two people that I'll never talk to again. "

" I used to hyperventilate, but I don't do that anymore. "

Sharon Van Etten

Anymore

Used

" 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. "

" I definitely wouldn't consider myself a professional, but I like to dress up like one. "

Sharon Van Etten

Dress

" I go back to things all the time. It's really nice, too, like when I'm going through some kind of a writer's block, and I'm feeling uninspired, I go to some of my oldest songs from over the years and sift through them, and one thing that's very nice is to see how I've grown up a little bit. A little bit. "

" I'm attracted to music made by people who let themselves be emotional. They really care about what they do, and we believe in what they say. "

" I moved to New York to pursue music. "

" 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. "

" 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. "