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" Performing a song is intense. When I see people connecting, it makes it all worthwhile. "

Sharon Van Etten

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

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

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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. "

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" I'm not a down-in-the-dumps person. I think some people assume that I am because of the music I write. "

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" I have this red cardigan that my friend Coco gave me that has holes for thumbs. It's my cozy sweater. I wear it a lot. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" I can't read notes well, but I can hear something and sing a harmony to it automatically. "

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

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" I think leading up to the tour is the most stressful part because you barely have any time home. "

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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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" You'd better have something good to say if you've got a roomful of people who've paid to see you. "

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

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

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

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" Time is very weird. "

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

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" 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. "

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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 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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