Harps Quote by Joanna Newsom

I had known that people would probably have strange reactions to my voice, because I have kind of an unwieldy, difficult voice, but I…

— Joanna Newsom

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

I wanted to play it for a very long time. I was like, 'What's the one instrument that none of my neighbors are going…

— Taylor Russell

I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp.

— Joanna Newsom

The harp was so much more gestural and physical for me than the piano - something about bringing this instrument into your body.

— Zeena Parkins

I didn't really know a lot of the history when I was younger. I didn't realize that the harp is coded in such a…

— Joanna Newsom

The harp is an insipid instrument--no good for dancing, feasting, or marching, only for sitting primly in a parlor or on a cloud.

— Mason Cooley

Oh God, the terrible tyranny of the majority. We all have our harps to play. And it's up to you to know with which…

— Ray Bradbury

“There existed very long saxophones from years ago. The player sat on their chair like a cellist; that same sort of feeling to it…

— James Kelman

A harp can be a dangerous as a sword, in the right hands.

— Anonymous

“Harping should be limited to musical instruments. - Charmainism”

— Charmaine Smith Ladd

My voice in combination with the harp - which, by the way, I use because I've played it my entire life, not to make…

— Joanna Newsom