Angel Olsen Writing Quotations

I guess that in a lot of ways, my writing is more of a character to me than something that I feel personally attached to.

I enjoy singing the songs a certain way, but I don't even know how the writing even began. To me, it's work that is kind of invisible; it's a weird kind of work to have because you're not working, but it's not not work. Formulating your thoughts and making a melody that's catchy enough for people to listen to what you're saying is really hard!

Music is the first thing I ever cared greatly about. I've been singing and writing songs since I was six or seven.

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.

I've been writing a lot of songs in twos, songs that are like twins in my mind.