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" I've always liked to learn how to do things - I'm a hobby person. So I'll learn something at a beginner's level, then usually move on to the next thing. "

Sharon Van Etten

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" 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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" 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. "

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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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" My goal is to become a therapist by the time I'm 50. "

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" I didn't think I was helping other people. But I think that comes hand in hand with trying to be able to connect with people, and if you make things too personal, then it's harder for people to relate to you. Otherwise, it's just them listening to you read your diary. "

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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 would love to work with PJ Harvey some day. "

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

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" I wasn't a very good salesman. "

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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" Both my brothers are drummers. "

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" I have a hard time not wearing my heart on my sleeve and answering people honestly. You know, my friends warn me that I should be more guarded 'cause sometimes I am too honest and open, but it's also just who I am. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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" I started playing, and people responded to it and connected with it and now, I don't even know what I'm really connecting with anymore or if I'm helping people. Now it's more of a business. "

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" My friends actually used to call me the 'Female Conor Oberst.' I got to open up with him once, and I told him about that, and he thought it was hilarious. "

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

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" Everyone has their down days. Unfortunately, that's when I am the most prolific. "

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" I was without my own place for nearly two years. It's such a cliche to be a homeless musician in New York, but luckily, I had amazing friends who let me stay with them. I visited my parents a lot. It's not like I was sleeping in my car, though I might have done that once... But it was by choice! "

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" I'm a really strong person. I've no regrets in my life. "

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

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