Sharon Van Etten Quotes

Singing becomes a form of therapy.

Music is my expression. Music is my release. Music is my therapy.

Making music has always had a therapeutic effect on me.

Part of my therapy is to write.

When I'm singing, it's like I'm at home. And music is a great healer. I think I'd have been a basket case if I hadn't been a singer.

Acting's not therapy, but it can be therapeutic.

Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life's tragedies.

For me, writing is a kind of coping mechanism.

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.

Music is my release.

I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say them, and better out than in.

Music is my release.

For me, music is therapeutic, so the songs that came to me the easiest came from the most devastating moments of my life.

We all need ways of processing things. I think I was called to music because it was this thing that was always there for me that I could pour my heart into safely.

I think there's no greater healing power than music.

Songwriting is therapeutic for me.

Music became a healer for me.

I love pouring my heart out. People don't want to hear you whine when you're with friends, so you can sing about it instead - it's the best outlet.

There's no better way to process pain than to write.

I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.

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

As a musician usually music is your way out.

I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.

I used the music kind of as therapy, and it's just amazing that I feel so free after doing that. I feel like I had it trapped inside of me and now I feel free. So it's been a very good therapy session for me as well.

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.