A biography for Sharon Van Ettenhasn’t been written yet.
“Just getting older, you stop caring what other people think, but also, you know who you are, and you know what you want.”
“On first listen, it's nice to just soak up the sound without thinking about what it means. It's like a relationship. Records I've had for years mean more to me now than they did years ago.”
“Most musicians are normal people who want to hang out and are really down to earth.”
“I don't like to hold back. Especially with who I am and what I do, it's all me. Everything's my name; it's what I do. It's how I feel. It's what I think.”
“People relate to songs so differently. No matter what it's about in reality, people create their own meaning behind it and connect with it on their own terms.”
“Whatever your writing is about, you're really connected with it, and you can always go back to when that was. I remember everything, and time and place are like a center for me.”
“I moved to New York to pursue music.”
“I'm attracted to music made by people who let themselves be emotional. They really care about what they do, and we believe in what they say.”
“I hate the term 'emo.' It turned into this genre of music, when all music, if you connect with it, is emotional.”
“I didn't start writing with band arrangements until I was working on 'Tramp.'”
“I always had a hard time communicating my emotions. I'd retreat into my bedroom and listen to music. And when you're a teenager, you're dealing with all these hormones. It's like, 'What are these?'”
“I like having a home. I like having a place to return to.”
“There's something to writing a hook and something to writing a memorable melody. That's what I liked about musicals. Then I realized I could write my own songs, and I didn't have to sing other people's.”
“I only write when I'm in a dark place. I hit 'record' and get it out, writing and playing my guitar at the same time.”
“I get things out of my system through my songs, but, because they can be about so many different things, it takes me a while to get through them emotionally.”
“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.”
“I used to hyperventilate, but I don't do that anymore.”
“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.”
“I think leading up to the tour is the most stressful part because you barely have any time home.”
“I realized that there's this fine line between being personal and being general and being alienating.”