I definitely wouldn't consider myself a professional, but I like to dress up like one. Sharon Van Etten More Quotes by Sharon Van Etten More Quotes From Sharon Van Etten If you work on anything long enough hopefully you’ll get better and I feel like we’re just growing. Sharon Van Etten get-bettergrowinglong I don't want to bury anything in poetry. Sharon Van Etten want I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy. Sharon Van Etten intenseselfwriting I try to focus on the melodies and try to make everything else minimal. The melody and the lyrics are most important to me. Sharon Van Etten focusimportanttrying Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy. Sharon Van Etten differentenergyway 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. Sharon Van Etten cakenew-yorkplay 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. Sharon Van Etten bandone-daynames Im trying to learn how to cook. Sharon Van Etten cookstrying Just getting older, you stop caring what other people think, but also, you know who you are, and you know what you want. Sharon Van Etten yougetting-oldercaringpeople I don't think I'll ever feel perfectly balanced, but I feel like I'm figuring it out, and I'm surrounded by really wonderful people that want to see me succeed and be happy. Life is wild. Sharon Van Etten be-happymelifepeople In some ways, being on the road is like summer camp. There's a camaraderie, but I'm also learning how to be more of a leader. Sharon Van Etten roadlearningleadersummer I totally lucked out by meeting a lot of amazing people. I guess it stems from going to shows and being confident enough to meet people and be able to talk to them like a normal person rather than have my head down all the time. Sharon Van Etten amazingdowntimepeople I realized that there's this fine line between being personal and being general and being alienating. Sharon Van Etten linepersonalbeingfine I like having a home. I like having a place to return to. Sharon Van Etten placelikereturnhome I'm pursuing a degree in mental health counseling. It'll be a long journey, and I still want to do music and other creative projects. Sharon Van Etten musichealthjourneylong I love being domestic: making coffee, just putting on a record, and just sitting, not doing anything. It's so great. Sharon Van Etten greatcoffeesittinglove I'm still learning how to be comfortable touring. I haven't found that balance yet. Sharon Van Etten howbalancelearningcomfortable 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, I could probably express it in my real life, too. Sharon Van Etten mesonglifepeople I've always been really shy. I was always afraid of any kind of confrontation. Sharon Van Etten afraidalwaysshykind 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 along the way who deal with it - performers as well - and they are learning to deal with it daily and deal with it in different ways. Sharon Van Etten dailycitylearningpeople
