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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. "

Sharon Van Etten

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

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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. "

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" 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. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

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" 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. "

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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 moved to New York to pursue music. "

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" Both my brothers are drummers. "

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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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" On first listen, it's nice to just soak up the sound without thinking about what it means. It's like a relationship. Records I've had for years mean more to me now than they did years ago. "

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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. "

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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 didn't have my first band until I was, like, 30. "

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

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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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" I'm a sucker for a love song! "

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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. "

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" I hate putting negative energy out into the world. But it's either inside or out. I mean, it's either get an ulcer or have a fight. "

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" 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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" 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. "

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" 'The Boatman's Call' is amazing; it's an album of love songs, really beautiful. "

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" I don't know how to get a crowd singing along. That's not what my music does. "

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