Sharon Van Etten Quotes

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.

Sharon Van Etten

Recitation: by Male by Female

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DailyPeopleRealityYouSeparation

As the editor of 'Cosmopolitan,' I talk to hundreds of young women about the sometimes bewilderingly rapid changes taking place in our romantic lives and the role new technology plays in our search for intimacy and commitment.

Joanna Coles

WomenTechnologyRomanticCommitment

When I'm sick of myself, and when I don't know what to say as a solo artist, I can write a song for a movie. When I don't know where to turn musically, being in a band - Rilo Kiley or Jenny & Johnny - the collaborative nature is really exciting.

Jenny Lewis

NatureMyselfSongSickArtistKnow

I was living in a suburban town north of London, dutifully practicing my Mozart sonatas. And the milkman who delivered the milk in the mornings was kind of milkman by day, composer-artist by night.

Max Richter

DayNightKindLivingMilkLondon

Some of the best theorizing comes after collecting data because then you become aware of another reality.

Robert J. Shiller

BestRealityDataYouBecomeAware

He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fly where they may.

Roscoe Conkling

FlyWillRightLineWhereMay

I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid.

Ruth Rendell

DayDeathMeThinkEvery DayWhy

My father had left behind an old piano. My sister was already going to school, my mother was out working, and I stayed at home alone with my adorable grandmother who understood nothing I said. It was so boring that I stayed at the piano all day long, and that saved my life.

Michel Legrand

LifeFatherMotherHomeAloneDay

You've gotta wonder what kind of vibe you're putting out there if you're having really creepy people come talk to you.

Jorja Fox

PeopleYouWonderKindTalkOut

When I left Bradford and got a phone call from Dave Parnaby asking 'did I want to come back in?', I was delighted to accept. The whole buzz at the club at the moment is great for someone like me who is still learning and wanting to hopefully go into management in my own right at some point.

Colin Cooper

LearningGreatMomentMeManagement

There have been a couple of jobs I've done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink.

Clancy Brown

ThinkingDoneWithoutBeenJust

Usually I write the songs at home and then I bring them in to the band; when we play them as a band, that's kinda how we figure out the feel of how they're going to be presented on the record or live.

Britt Daniel

HomeLiveFeelPlayBandWrite

I have made terrible mistakes that have hurt the people that I cared about the most, and I am terribly sorry. I am deeply ashamed of my terrible judgment and my actions.

Anthony Weiner

MistakesI AmPeopleSorryHurt

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