85 Quotes by Joanna Newsom

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 lot of them are negative ideas.

I didn’t sing for years and years, but I started playing harp when I was maybe 9 or 10. I had actually wanted to play for years leading up to that, but no teacher in our little town would take me on as a student, because I was too young.

I have a deep rooted folk sensibility that I can’t get away from completely.

I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn’t play long enough to be really great.