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

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In high school, we studied a lot of poetical forms. I was really interested in the math that was involved and the strange live break ups. That gave me a great amount of respect for a rhymed stanza.
Joanna Newsom

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I can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes.
Joanna Newsom

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I am not doing something that it is experimental music in relation to classical music.
Joanna Newsom

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

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Well, yeah, I wanted to resist the urge to thicken everything up with instrumentation, because I just felt like I was interested in seeing how the songs did on their own.
Joanna Newsom

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It's totally different. I usually don't tell people about the Pleased if they know me from the harp. And if they are there to see the Pleased, I usually don't tell them about the harp. I am nervous that these people will expect something similar.
Joanna Newsom

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

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I give away CDs at shows if someone wants a CD but doesn't have any money. I wouldn't want to do that forever.
Joanna Newsom

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People in San Francisco and the East Bay have shown interest, done interviews, and have come to shows. I guess that the news travels fast out of this island that we are on.
Joanna Newsom

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