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" It's not onstage as often anymore, but whenever I got anxious, I used to talk a lot more, and I wouldn't even know what I was saying... it was so bad. If I just talk myself through something, even if it's just talking about nothing, it usually gets me out of it. "

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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

Amazing

Meeting

Enough

" 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

Car

You

" Sadness isn't an emotion that most cool bands want to talk about. "

" 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.' "

Sharon Van Etten

Love

Love Is

" I don't think I'll ever feel perfectly balanced, but I feel like I'm figuring it out, and I'm surrounded by really wonderful people that want to see me succeed and be happy. Life is wild. "

" 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. "

" I moved to New York to pursue music. "

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

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

" 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. "

" I will entertain things that are entertaining and sound interesting and challenge me. But acting just doesn't come second-nature to me. "

Sharon Van Etten

Challenge

Interesting

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

Sharon Van Etten

Going

People

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

Sharon Van Etten

Dress

" 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. "

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

" Just getting older, you stop caring what other people think, but also, you know who you are, and you know what you want. "

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

" Time is very weird. "

" 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. "

" I feel like I'm getting better at being a writer. "

Sharon Van Etten

Getting Better

Better

" In some ways, being on the road is like summer camp. There's a camaraderie, but I'm also learning how to be more of a leader. "

Sharon Van Etten

Road

Summer

" Every time I re-perform a song, I gain some perspective. "

" I'm nervous performing because it's such a weird thing to do, standing on stage demanding people's attention. "

" 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. "

" All the records I keep are like friends I visit. "

Sharon Van Etten

Keep

Visit

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

" 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

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