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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. "

Sharon Van Etten

Singing

Music

Myself

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Sharon Van Etten

Back

I Am

" It's really hard to watch yourself. "

" I am my therapist, and I analyze what's happening and if I'm being hurt in the process. The result is songs that are very emotional, very deep, although I try to write them generally so they won't alienate the listener. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I love being domestic: making coffee, just putting on a record, and just sitting, not doing anything. It's so great. "

" My career is based off of me talking about my emotions. "

" I'm a total goofball. "

Sharon Van Etten

Total

Goofball

" I think, in general, I find writing to be very therapeutic and singing in itself to be really therapeutic. "

" 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. "

Sharon Van Etten

Red

Friend

" I'm not the sad sack that people might think I am. But I think that if I didn't write and perform, I probably would be. "

" I wasn't a very good salesman. "

" 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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Think

You

" 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

" I would love to work with PJ Harvey some day. "

" 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

Start

" 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. "

" The studio is a time when you can do anything that you want to. You have that freedom. "

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

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Think

You

" I love traveling. I love meeting people. I love performing, but it's hard to be gone and to not have a real life and to just get the emotional love that you need from the people you're traveling with. "

" I always write from a personal place - whether it be about my friends or myself or a story that I heard. "

" Music is still my main thing, but I will explore anything that's interesting and challenging. "

" I don't want to bury anything in poetry. "