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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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" There's something to writing a hook and something to writing a memorable melody. That's what I liked about musicals. Then I realized I could write my own songs, and I didn't have to sing other people's. "

Sharon Van Etten

My Own

Own

Writing

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Both my brothers are drummers. "

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

Sharon Van Etten

Anymore

Used

" I'm really out of touch with myself emotionally. I've always had a hard time talking about how I feel. "

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

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

" 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

" I don't like to hold back. Especially with who I am and what I do, it's all me. Everything's my name; it's what I do. It's how I feel. It's what I think. "

Sharon Van Etten

Back

I Am

" I overthink everything. I'm just like, 'Wait, why do they want to hear me?' I start doubting myself. Other times, I'll just get so emotional during a song. Sometimes I'll cry while I'm singing. It's so weird. I'm such a baby. "

Sharon Van Etten

Baby

Start

" 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. "

" The dilemma I have is that everything I do at work is all about me, and at what point is that selfish? I'm just talking and singing about myself, or I'm standing on a stage and hoping that everybody likes me. Obviously, it's also about the music and feeling and connecting; I know it's deeper than that. "

" Half of my anxiety is about whether people are going to like me. "

Sharon Van Etten

Going

People

" 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. "

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

Sharon Van Etten

Dress

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

" Brit Marling is very positive, very professional, very encouraging. "

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

" I only work with people that are mysteries. "

" I wasn't a very good salesman. "

" 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

Song

Selfish

" 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

" 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. "

" I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy. "

" 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. "

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

" 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

Mom

Long