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" Writing songs helped me figure out how to communicate with other people. I finally figured out that if I could express something in a song, I could probably express it in my real life, too. "

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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. "

Sharon Van Etten

Focus

Everything

" I'm pursuing a degree in mental health counseling. It'll be a long journey, and I still want to do music and other creative projects. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 work a lot with sounds based on stream of consciousness. I like the way it sounds, then I turn it into something that makes more sense. "

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

" Relationships. Ugh. You have to laugh sometimes. "

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

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

" I'm a late bloomer in music. "

" 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. "

" I love how small the world is. "

" I moved to New York to pursue music. "

" There's something to writing a hook and something to writing a memorable melody. That's what I liked about musicals. Then I realized I could write my own songs, and I didn't have to sing other people's. "

" 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. "

Sharon Van Etten

I Am

People

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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?' "

" 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. "

" You'd better have something good to say if you've got a roomful of people who've paid to see 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 love being domestic: making coffee, just putting on a record, and just sitting, not doing anything. It's so great. "

" I'm a total goofball. "

Sharon Van Etten

Total

Goofball

" 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 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 used to work at a label. I used to be a publicist. I used to be at a management company. "