Angel Olsen
Angel Olsen
Angel Olsenis an American folk and indie rock singer and guitarist who was raised in St. Louis, Missouri and currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina. She has recorded and toured as a backing singer with Bonnie "Prince" Billy and the Cairo Gang...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFolk Singer
Date of Birth22 January 1987
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
thinking parent age
I was adopted legally around age three, but it's not like this thing I think about when I wake up every day. I was adopted by my foster parents, so I was comfortable with them. I wasn't in this alien place.
song thinking adoption
My family life, my adoption - it could be related to the songs, but I think the songs are deeper than that. They're not just about this experience.
song thinking guitar
I'd rather people interpret the songs and get whatever they can out of them instead of thinking about me crying in a room with a guitar.
dreams others share spent taking time
'Sweet Dreams' is such a dark-sounding song, but it's about not taking anything for granted; share yourself with others after you have first spent some time with yourself.
people want common
People should know each other because they want to, because they have things in common.
people feels
I feel really good about the future and working with people.
blood stranger share
It's hard to force a relationship with a stranger even if they happen to be someone you happen to share blood with.
crazy people ask-me
A lot of people ask me if I'm OK. I'm capable of crazy - a lot of people are - but I'm OK.
meaningful interaction ifs
If you can't be psyched about your own thoughts, then how are you supposed to have a meaningful interaction with anyone?
want unreal allowing
You want to create things as purely as possible without allowing the universe to interfere so much that it's manipulating it and making things unreal to you.
writing mirrors talking
I sometimes write as if I were talking to myself, or to a mirror, or to someone for the last time. There's this element of confrontation.
important kind enjoy
It's very important to enjoy time alone with yourself and just existing, because existence is kind of cool.
self different ready
I'm ready to take on different selves and experiment and see what happens.
trying why-not sometimes
Sometimes I'll hit a note and sometimes I don't. Why not at least try?