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
song writing mind
I've been writing a lot of songs in twos, songs that are like twins in my mind.
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.
song writing singing
Music is the first thing I ever cared greatly about. I've been singing and writing songs since I was six or seven.
song writing people
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!
writing character way
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.
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.
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.
people feels
I feel really good about the future and working with people.
mother brother crazy
The family that raised me are awesome people and they are my mother and my father and my brother and my sister. I've never viewed them as these "strangers" that took over. It's never been this crazy, dramatic, Lifetime-movie situation. It's been chill.
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.
song fun singing
I learned how to be more theatrical and have more fun, and to take a song and sing it over and over again in different ways, and make it different each time. I'm not just singing the song - it's this thing that's affecting me.
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.