Appeals Quote by 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've played everything but the harp.

— Lionel Barrymore

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've been unaware of how people react to the instrument. People have ideas of what a harp is supposed to sound like, and a…

— Joanna Newsom

I've played everything but a harp.

— Hattie McDaniel

Our life a harp is, with unnumbered strings, And tones and symphonies; but our poor skill Some shallow notes from its great music brings.

— John Boyle O'Reilly

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

I grew up with a beautiful gold harp sitting in our living room. My older sister played it.

— Diane Paulus

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

Me and my harp was a love affair from way back.

— Little Walter

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

I had a teacher at school who told me to take up the harp.

— Orianthi