All Joanna Newsom Quotes
- The very first Walnut Whales recording was recorded just a few weeks after I had started singing, out of the blue, started singing. And the… Blue
- 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 the… All
- What a woman does is open doors. And it is not a question of locking or unlocking. Doe
- It broke my heart when I learned the moon had been passing the sun’s light off as its own. Been
- Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight… Been
- In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break… Amount
- There are some mornings when the sky looks like a road. Inspirational
- I am consciously trying not to make it sound Celtic or African. African
- I did spend a year in high school being obsessed with Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood
- People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the news travels fast… Bay
- I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great. Great
- We deserve to know light. And grow evermore lighter and lighter. Deserve
- I am always trying to write. Always Trying
- I am not doing something that it is experimental music in relation to classical music. Classical
- I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp. From
- I can understand someone not liking the voice or the songs. Inspirational
- I can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes. Celtic
- I definitely don't subscribe to the theory that more instruments, or more vocal tracks, harmony, or double tracking the voice, is a good thing. People… Album
- I give away CDs at shows if someone wants a CD but doesn't have any money. I wouldn't want to do that forever. Any
- I have a deep rooted folk sensibility that I can't get away from completely. Completely
- I have a recording that I did of instrumental songs. Funny
- I have writing songs on my own for about six years. Own
- I started playing harp about fourteen years ago. Ago
- I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music. America
- I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord… Chord