Sharon Van Etten

Relationships. Ugh. You have to laugh sometimes.

— Sharon Van Etten

I really hope that when someone puts my record on that they hear me.

— Sharon Van Etten

I'm excited to go study and read and immerse myself in something.

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

I feel like I'm getting better at being a writer.

— Sharon Van Etten

I only work with people that are mysteries.

— Sharon Van Etten

My goal is to become a therapist by the time I'm 50.

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

I'm really out of touch with myself emotionally. I've always had a hard time talking about how I feel.

— Sharon Van Etten

I don't know how to get a crowd singing along. That's not what my music does.

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy.

— Sharon Van Etten

I started writing for myself when I didn't know how to understand how I was feeling, and I didn't know how to…

— Sharon Van Etten

There's something to writing a hook and something to writing a memorable melody. That's what I liked about musicals. Then I realized…

— Sharon Van Etten

People relate to songs so differently. No matter what it's about in reality, people create their own meaning behind it and connect…

— Sharon Van Etten

Writing songs helped me figure out how to communicate with other people. I finally figured out that if I could express something…

— Sharon Van Etten

I think there are times in a lot of people's pasts where they've unintentionally fallen in love with really damaged people. You…

— Sharon Van Etten

I was in musicals and I was in the choir when I was younger. Before I started writing my own songs I…

— Sharon Van Etten

Moving to New York City and doing what I do, social anxiety is a really ridiculous kind of curse to have. But…

— Sharon Van Etten

I started playing, and people responded to it and connected with it and now, I don't even know what I'm really connecting…

— Sharon Van Etten

I would love to work with PJ Harvey some day.

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

If I start panicking a little bit, I just talk through it with somebody.

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

Hopefully, the stuff that is way too personal that I record and keep - people won't hear it because it's way too…

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

I'm attracted to music made by people who let themselves be emotional. They really care about what they do, and we believe…

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

I've always been really shy. I was always afraid of any kind of confrontation.

— Sharon Van Etten

I wanna grow and develop as an artist, and I feel like different kinds of collaborations can only help me in that…

— Sharon Van Etten

In some ways, being on the road is like summer camp. There's a camaraderie, but I'm also learning how to be more…

— Sharon Van Etten

Everyone has their down days. Unfortunately, that's when I am the most prolific.

— Sharon Van Etten

I'm still learning how to be comfortable touring. I haven't found that balance yet.

— Sharon Van Etten