“I'm not a down-in-the-dumps person. I think some people assume that I am because…” — Sharon Van Etten

My career is based off of me talking about my emotions.

I was pretty troubled for a long time. And I didn't know that. As a kid, I never talked about my emotions. My mom gave me a journal, but I didn't know what it meant. I just wrote all the time, not even thinking about it. But it also made me feel better.

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

My friends actually used to call me the 'Female Conor Oberst.' I got to open up with him once, and I told him about that, and he thought it was hilarious.