“Everything will be okay. I have a sticker on my laptop that says that.” — Sharon Van Etten Quote

Everything will be okay. I have a sticker on my laptop that says that.

My mom is a history teacher, so we'd go on all these historic trips as kids around Halloween, because it was kind of creepy.

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.

I believe my songs are strong enough to stand on their own - even way back then when they were recorded badly and minimally.

I started playing, and people responded to it and connected with it and now, I don't even know what I'm really connecting with anymore or if I'm helping people. Now it's more of a business.

I have little comedy notebooks, and I also have notes in my phone, and I'll write on my laptop for longer stories.

Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff.

I'm not much of a reader; I'm more of a laptop person. I would never consider travelling without it.

I've pretty much stopped using a laptop because I'm not line-editing a lot of things anymore.

I had a laptop when they weighed 10 pounds.