Sharon Van Etten Quotes

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

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

Life is too short to surround yourself with people who aren't looking out for you.

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.

I did jazz dance for a few years.

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

I hate putting negative energy out into the world. But it's either inside or out. I mean, it's either get an ulcer or have a fight.

If you work on anything long enough hopefully you’ll get better and I feel like we’re just growing.

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.

Saw Torres play their first New York show tonight at Cake Shop. SO good. Do yourself a favor and check out her record. Her voice is KILLER.

You're the reason why I'll move to the city; you're why I'll need to leave.

Im trying to learn how to cook.

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.

I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy.

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

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.