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Sharon Van Etten

Sharon Van Etten (born February 26, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and actress from New Jersey.

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I don't want to bury anything in poetry.

Bury, Poetry, Want

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.

Mom, Needs, Song, Start, Worrying, Writing

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

Get Better, Growing, Hopefully, Long, Youll

Im trying to learn how to cook.

Cook, Cooks, Learn, Trying

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 still writing about heartbreak that happened years ago. I don't see the point of writing and putting out another record until I can do something else.

Playing, Record, Records, See, Writing, Years

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

Hear, Hope, Record, Records

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

Laptop, Laptops, Okay, Says, Sticker

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

Life, Life Is Too Short, People, Short, Surround Yourself

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

Headspace, Intense, Self, Write, Writing

I did jazz dance for a few years.

Dance, Jazz, Years

One day when I have a band I will have a band name, but since it's just me I feel it should just be my name. For me it doesn't make much sense since the music is from me and about me. I haven't ever been in a band.

Band, Make, Music, Names, One Day, Sense

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

Emotionally, Feels, Hard, Hard Times, Talking, Touch

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

Different, Energy, Favorite, Live, Way

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. Some friends and family understand, but then there are others who just think that you can't find enough time in your life for them.

Family, Gone, Home, Moving, People, Thinking

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.

Fight, Fighting, Hate, Mean, World

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

Being Yourself, Censor, Harder, Inhibited, Just Be Yourself

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

Bored, Performing, Same, Song, Songs

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.

Cardigan, Coco, Cozy, Sweaters, Thumbs, Wear

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

Focus, Important, Lyrics, Melodies, Minimal, Trying

I was in musicals and I was in the choir when I was younger. Before I started writing my own songs I thought I wanted to be on Broadway, but it was nothing I ever really pursued. So this was pretty out of the blue.

Choir, Musicals, Pretty, Pursued, Song, Writing