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Joanna Newsom Biography

Joanna Caroline Newsom (born January 18, 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in northern California, Newsom was classically trained on the harp in her youth, and began her musical career as a keyboardist in the San Francisco-based indie band The Pleased.

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There are some mornings when the sky looks like a road.

Like, Looks, Morning, Mornings, Road, Sky

I am always trying to write.

Always Trying, Trying, Write, Writing

I would happy for someone to download my music.

Download, Downloads, Happy, Music

I recorded harp first or singing first. I recorded it all together. Part of the reason is that I don't know how to play the songs without also singing. I forget how they progress. I don't think that any of them are verse, chorus, verse, and so on. They are not simple.

Play, Reason, Simple, Song, Thinking

I don't look at people's expressions, because I still get nervous when I play, especially when I first put the harp up there. I just try to tune - it takes me a half-hour to tune, and I get nervous if I look at anybody when I do it.

Expression, Expressions, People, Play, Takes

I did spend a year in high school being obsessed with Fleetwood Mac.

Fleetwood, High, Obsession, School, Years

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

Doe, Doors, Question, Unlocking, Woman

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.

Away, Cds, Forever, Giving, Money

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.

Done, Easter, Guess, Islands, San Francisco, Shown

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.

Circles, Musical, Realize, Specific, Way

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

Attached, Forget, Lacks, Lyricism, Poem

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.

Blue, Recorded, Singing, Voice, Walnut, Whales

I had known that people would probably have strange reactions to my voice, because I have kind of an unwieldy, difficult voice, but I never thought that anybody would have a problem with the harp. I just assumed. . . C'mon, it's a beautiful instrument.

Beautiful, Harp, People, Problem, Unwieldy, Voice

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

Changes, Keys, Play, Song, Songs

The way that words fit together is always interesting to me. I love words.

Fit, Interesting, Love, Together, Way

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 with lyrics when I was younger, but I would just sing in my head.

Head, Kind, Song, Think, Thinking, Writing

I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.

Fourteen, Harp, Harps, Years, Years Ago

If I ever met Dolly Parton for sure, I would just not be able to say anything. I love her.

Able, Dolly, Love, Met, Mets, Say Anything

I can bear a lot but not that pall

Bear, Bears, I Can, Pall

I never thought people would be mortally offended by the sounds I was making.

Making, People, Sound, Sounds, Would Be

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