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" 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
Way
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" 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. "
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" I'm pursuing a degree in mental health counseling. It'll be a long journey, and I still want to do music and other creative projects. "
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" Performing a song is intense. When I see people connecting, it makes it all worthwhile. "
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" I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy. "
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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. "
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" Every time I re-perform a song, I gain some perspective. "
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" 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. "
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" I'm still friends with most of my exes. There are only one or two people that I'll never talk to again. "
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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. "
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" I'm trying to learn how to cook. "
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" I only work with people that are mysteries. "
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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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" I like having a home. I like having a place to return to. "
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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. "
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Meeting
Enough
" I'm a lot more secure than I used to be. "
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Lot
Secure
Than
" 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. "
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Way
Feel
Feeling
" Hopefully, the stuff that is way too personal that I record and keep - people won't hear it because it's way too personal. "
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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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Kind
Halloween
History
" Everyone has their down days. Unfortunately, that's when I am the most prolific. "
Sharon Van Etten
Everyone
I Am
Most
" 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. "
Sharon Van Etten
Result
Process
I Am
" I definitely wouldn't consider myself a professional, but I like to dress up like one. "
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Dress
Up
" My career is based off of me talking about my emotions. "
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Emotions
Talking
" 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. "
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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 didn't start writing with band arrangements until I was working on 'Tramp.' "
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Until
Band
" 'The Boatman's Call' is amazing; it's an album of love songs, really beautiful. "
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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. "
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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 not a down-in-the-dumps person. I think some people assume that I am because of the music I write. "
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