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 specific way in musical circles. It's kind of this society instrument because of its history as a young woman's parlor instrument.
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
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
We deserve to know light. And grow evermore lighter and lighter. - Joanna Newsom
We deserve to know light. And grow evermore lighter and lighter.
It broke my heart when I learned the moon had been passing the sun’s light off as its own. - Joanna Newsom
It broke my heart when I learned the moon had been passing the sun’s light off as its own.
Never get so attached to a poem that you forget truth that lacks lyricism. - Joanna Newsom
Never get so attached to a poem that you forget truth that lacks lyricism.
I don't think I'm abnormal and I think that lets people down. - Joanna Newsom
I don't think I'm abnormal and I think that lets people down.
I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp. - Joanna Newsom
I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp.
I would happy for someone to download my music. - Joanna Newsom
I would happy for someone to download my music.
What a woman does is open doors. And it is not a question of locking or unlocking. - Joanna Newsom
What a woman does is open doors. And it is not a question of locking or unlocking.
I wasn't interested in writing music that wasn't beautiful for me to listen to. - Joanna Newsom
I wasn't interested in writing music that wasn't beautiful for me to listen to.
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