Joanna Newsom Quotes & Sayings

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

“I have a deep rooted folk sensibility that I can't get away from completely.”

“I am consciously not trying to bring in World Music elements. The ways that I work and feel are completely different in how they sound than someone playing the Kora in Africa would play it.”

“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 voice, you can hear how uncomfortable I am with it, and how terrified I am with it.”

“I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.”

“I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music.”

“I would happy for someone to download my music.”

“I am always trying to write.”

“I can understand someone not liking the voice or the songs.”

“I have writing songs on my own for about six years.”