I have a voice that's obviously untrained - and I think untrainable - so I kind of secreted it away for a long time. Actually, I would write songs wi…

- Joanna Newsom

Never get so attached to a poem that you forget truth that lacks lyricism.

- Joanna Newsom

We deserve to know light. And grow evermore lighter and lighter.

- Joanna Newsom

I don't think I'm abnormal and I think that lets people down.

- Joanna Newsom

I would happy for someone to download my music.

- Joanna Newsom

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

- Joanna Newsom

What a woman does is open doors. And it is not a question of locking or unlocking.

- Joanna Newsom

It broke my heart when I learned the moon had been passing the sun’s light off as its own.

- Joanna Newsom

I wasn't interested in writing music that wasn't beautiful for me to listen to.

- Joanna Newsom