People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set. — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
I never thought people would be mortally offended by the sounds I was making. — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp. — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
I don't look at people's expressions, because I still get nervous when I play, especially when I first put the harp up… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
I've been unaware of how people react to the instrument. People have ideas of what a harp is supposed to sound like,… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
I definitely don't subscribe to the theory that more instruments, or more vocal tracks, harmony, or double tracking the voice, is a… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
My voice in combination with the harp - which, by the way, I use because I've played it my entire life, not… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
It's totally different. I usually don't tell people about the Pleased if they know me from the harp. And if they are… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
I had known that people would probably have strange reactions to my voice, because I have kind of an unwieldy, difficult voice,… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share Image
I never thought people would be mortally offended by the sounds I was making. — Joanna Newsom Copy Share
It broke my heart when I learned the moon had been passing the sun’s light off as its own. — Joanna Newsom Copy Share
I wasn't born of a whistle or milked from a thistle at twilight No I was all horns and thorns sprung out fully formed,… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share
Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share
I'm not a wanderer, which is funny because I'm on tour half the time. I'm a home, hearth and family kind of person. — Joanna Newsom Copy Share
I didn't sing for years and years, but I started playing harp when I was maybe 9 or 10. I had actually wanted to… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share
I have a voice that's obviously untrained - and I think untrainable - so I kind of secreted it away for a long time.… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share
There's something fundamental to the harp that has retained its appeal my whole life. It's an instrument I am just in love with. — Joanna Newsom Copy Share
What a woman does is open doors. And it is not a question of locking or unlocking. — Joanna Newsom Copy Share
I recorded harp first or singing first. I recorded it all together. Part of the reason is that I don't know how to play… — Joanna Newsom Copy Share
