Sharon Van Etten Quotes

Just writing and being in the studio was like therapy for me.

I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people.

It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.

And music has always been incredibly cathartic for me, whether it's writing my own stuff or singing other people's music; it's very freeing.

What I like about singing is that, for me, it's a substitute for the psychiatrist's couch.

Songwriting is therapeutic for me.

Singing becomes a form of therapy.

I find a therapy in playing music, in many different ways.

People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life.

I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music.

Playing my drums is therapy.

The only thing that's helped me get through some really hard times was just being able to write and express - it's very cathartic for me. I'm hoping that, by writing and performing for other people, it affects them the same way.

When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process.

It's always cathartic for me to write music.

Music gives me a focused purpose. It saves my life every day.

Writing is very cathartic for me.

Making music has always made me happy. When I go through a situation, the best way for me to get over it is to bundle up all of my emotions about it, put it in a little shell, create something, and then let it go.

If I don't channel pain into a song, I play my guitar or play the piano or play my drums, or go swimming.

Music became a healer for me.

Part of my therapy is to write.

I love to cry. It's great.

I started to use music almost like a therapist, where it's like, everything that I don't really dare to say or speak about, I can sing about.

When I got to write for the 'Battlefield' record, it was almost therapeutic. I had gone through a few things in the two years prior and it was really nice to take those thoughts and emotions and get them out. I definitely want to hone that side of my artistry.

I'm an intense guy. I run 10 miles a day, which helps alleviate my intensity. Also, singing helps defuse my intensity. Playing the piano helps, and writing helps.

I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs.