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 have a day job Monday to Friday. I work at a record label in Brooklyn called Ba Da Bing. It's a…

— 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

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

Don't ever feel inhibited. It's harder to censor yourself than to just be yourself.

— Sharon Van Etten

I always had a hard time communicating my emotions. I'd retreat into my bedroom and listen to music. And when you're a…

— Sharon Van Etten

I am my therapist, and I analyze what's happening and if I'm being hurt in the process. The result is songs that…

— Sharon Van Etten

One day when I have a band I will have a band name, but since it's just me I feel it should…

— Sharon Van Etten

I'm still friends with most of my exes. There are only one or two people that I'll never talk to again.

— Sharon Van Etten

I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important…

— Sharon Van Etten

Im trying to learn how to cook.

— Sharon Van Etten

I'm a total goofball.

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

— Sharon Van Etten

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.

— 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

I grew up going to musicals with my mom here in New York, going to Broadway. I used to be in musicals…

— Sharon Van Etten

I don't like to hold back. Especially with who I am and what I do, it's all me. Everything's my name; it's…

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

I would love to work with PJ Harvey some day.

— Sharon Van Etten

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

— Sharon Van Etten

I did jazz dance for a few years.

— Sharon Van Etten

My mom is a history teacher, so we'd go on all these historic trips as kids around Halloween, because it was kind…

— Sharon Van Etten

I realized that there's this fine line between being personal and being general and being alienating.

— Sharon Van Etten

Both my brothers are drummers.

— Sharon Van Etten