149 Quotes by Sharon Van Etten

I hate the term 'emo.' It turned into this genre of music, when all music, if you connect with it, is emotional.

I only work with people that are mysteries.

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.

It's really hard to watch yourself.

I'm a late bloomer in music.

Everyone has their down days. Unfortunately, that's when I am the most prolific.

You write these vulnerable songs as a sort of therapy, but if you don't confront people on a daily basis, it's not reality. There's still a bit of separation there.

I have a lot of alter-egos: I would love to be a back-up singer for someone someday. I have an electronic side-project. I have a '90s grunge side project; I have a piano project... I have this industrial, goth-electronic song, super creepy sounding, just really dark and dreary.

I believe my songs are strong enough to stand on their own - even way back then when they were recorded badly and minimally.