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" Music is still my main thing, but I will explore anything that's interesting and challenging. "
Sharon Van Etten
Explore
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" I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important to me. "
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" 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. "
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" Brit Marling is very positive, very professional, very encouraging. "
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" I'm a late bloomer in music. "
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" I used to work at a label. I used to be a publicist. I used to be at a management company. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
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" Everything will be okay. I have a sticker on my laptop that says that. "
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" Performing a song is intense. When I see people connecting, it makes it all worthwhile. "
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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 didn't start writing with band arrangements until I was working on 'Tramp.' "
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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 always had a hard time communicating my emotions. I'd retreat into my bedroom and listen to music. And when you're a teenager, you're dealing with all these hormones. It's like, 'What are these?' "
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" 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. "
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" I used to hyperventilate, but I don't do that anymore. "
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" I'm really out of touch with myself emotionally. I've always had a hard time talking about how I feel. "
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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 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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" 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 still learning how to be comfortable touring. I haven't found that balance yet. "
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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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