Claire Wellin is a singer-songwriter and musician based in New York City.

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(00:00) Moving to New York for Broadway

(04:50) Growing up in a musical family

(06:43) Childhood in Bismarck, North Dakota

(10:01) Violin training and musical burnout

(13:00) Discovering songwriting and Andrew Bird

(18:35) How Once changed her life

(22:55) Surviving as a working musician

(27:52) Finding time to make her own music

(29:54) The unstable state of music

(31:13) Why she never considered quitting

(34:01) Songwriting, family history, and grief

(39:12) Family stories of perseverance and forgiveness

(47:17) Redefining success as ...