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 be…

- Sharon Van Etten

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

- Sharon Van Etten

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

- Sharon Van Etten

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

- Sharon Van Etten

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…

- Sharon Van Etten

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

- Sharon Van Etten

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

- Sharon Van Etten

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

- Sharon Van Etten

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

- Sharon Van Etten