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" You write these vulnerable songs as a sort of therapy, but if you don't confront people on a daily basis, it's not reality. There's still a bit of separation there. "

Sharon Van Etten

Reality

You

Daily

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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. "

" I only write when I'm in a dark place. I hit 'record' and get it out, writing and playing my guitar at the same time. "

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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 Am

People

" 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. "

" I feel like, as a female, I am maybe hyper-sensitive to feeling pushed into a corner or somebody taking a song a different way. "

" I'm getting bored performing the same songs over and over. Songwriting comes and goes. "

" 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. "

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Car

You

" I didn't start writing with band arrangements until I was working on 'Tramp.' "

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

" Everything will be okay. I have a sticker on my laptop that says that. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I write, it's to heal. It's my own self-therapy so that I don't actually feel sad all of the time. "

" In my teenage years, there was a lot of angst going on. "

" I moved to New York to pursue music. "

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

" 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

" Singing a song like 'Your Love Is Killing Me,' people are worried about me. My mother called me, like, 'What's going on with you? Are you alright? I thought you were doing fine.' And I'm like, 'I am doing fine. It's just, this is what I do.' "

Sharon Van Etten

Love

Love Is

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

" 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. "

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

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Band

First

" 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. "