Sharon Van Etten Quotes

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• I really hope that when someone puts my record on that they hear me.
• Life is too short to surround yourself with people who aren't looking out for you.
• Im trying to learn how to cook.
• You're the reason why I'll move to the city; you're why I'll need to leave.
• If you work on anything long enough hopefully you’ll get better and I feel like we’re just growing.
• I'm excited to go study and read and immerse myself in something.
• The musician lifestyle is not easy for most people to understand. This is something I'm struggling with. When you're on tour, people think you're just…
• When you get home after being gone for a month or two, time moves on without you. You're scrambling to catch up with the people.…
• I grew up going to musicals with my mom here in New York, going to Broadway. I used to be in musicals in high school.
• I did jazz dance for a few years.
• It's hard if you're just touring constantly. It's like, "What am I going to write about? I'm in the van, I'm playing another show..." I'm…
• Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy. With recording, it's not really as organic as it can…
• I don't want to bury anything in poetry.
• I'm really out of touch with myself emotionally. I've always had a hard time talking about how I feel.
• 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,…
• 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…
• I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important to me.
• Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy.
• Everything will be okay. I have a sticker on my laptop that says that.

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