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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sian Cain

Sharon Van Etten: ‘Weirdest thing I have done for love? I started watching sports’

Sharon Van Etten.
‘If I’m feeling spicy and I’ve got shoes that can clickety-clack, I will rip out my time steps’ … Sharon Van Etten on finding her Liza Minelli. Photograph: Ryan Pfluger

What’s the best piece of advice you have ever received?

I don’t want to be name-droppy, but this advice definitely came at a time in my life where I really needed to hear it. In 2013, when I was on tour with Nick Cave, I was having a problem with my partner at the time. Our biggest fights always broke out when I would go on tour, because he felt like I was choosing my career over having a relationship.

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