March 14, 2014 8:20PM ET

Cat Power’s Private Photo Diary: Behind Her Brooklyn Show

An exclusive peek into Chan Marshall’s inner world

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Cat Power, Music Hall of Williamsburg, live show

Cat Power returned to New York City this week for a handful of intimate shows at small venues. She offered to caption pics from her March 11th gig at the Music Hall of Williamsburg herself, offering us a rare peek into her personal world:

"I think I need Keith Richards' guitar tech, I know he's Japanese 'cause [Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's] Judah Bauer told me so. Been havin probs with my favorite copper Sixties Danelectro so I was attempting a quick fix to the wood slat inside the bridge on my guitar."

Gretchen Robinette

"Oops, I was attempting the same wood slat bridge fix from photo one, on my Craigslist '59 black-and-white Silvertone. I did the copper one previously."

Gretchen Robinette

"A girl named Chan gave this guitar strap to me and I've used it ever since."

Gretchen Robinette

"I got my ritual before I play."

Gretchen Robinette

"Tryin' to remember if there are any songs I wanna get on the paper and am I calm enough to start?"

Gretchen Robinette

"I like the way my butt looks small and that dude I FINALLY made smile after the second show. He said he doesn't smile that much."

Gretchen Robinette

"It always feels like going out into the great unknown, but sometimes it just feels like giving."

Gretchen Robinette

"I have the same hair-flow direction on the back of my head as my father, space for a yarmulke, had I been born a boy. (Had he known his father.)"

Gretchen Robinette

"I love the piano, it's like a magnificent horse that wants to ride."

Gretchen Robinette

"It's cool to see the people who support me, is that the back of artist Antek Walzcak?"

Gretchen Robinette

"It's nice to relax and I fucking love to laugh."

Gretchen Robinette

"My Tay Tay, she used to be this tall. I love her so much."

Gretchen Robinette

"I got gifted some cool boots from designer Emelie Leontine, the blonde on edge of couch, Jim white and the boot of James Concannon."

Gretchen Robinette

"I ask for flowers so I can give them to people who obviously like my music 'cause they're hurting."

Gretchen Robinette

"I love my friends, I wish I could tell who I was listening to's bullshit? Maybe Strobeck? Van Meter? Borthwick?"

Gretchen Robinette

"Sometimes when I come in town I don't get to see half the people I love 'cause I am always working. When I get to see them I am always moved and always love to do a pow-wow sit down so everybody can be part of some community. This photo I was happy to be with everyone, feeling lost where I wanna be."

Gretchen Robinette

"I love Chanel, Lagerfeld for life!"

Gretchen Robinette

"When I'm stressed I'm supposed to breathe, they tell me, and this is more like a horses' bluff."

Gretchen Robinette

"I am very happy for all the boys and girls who ride for Supreme (get Manu Kondo!) whose first skate video is being screened March 17th. Nice work Strobeck & happy birthday, too."