Author: Joanna Newsom

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I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references.

I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references.

- Joanna Newsom

Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme.

Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme.

- Joanna Newsom

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

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

- Joanna Newsom

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

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

- Joanna Newsom

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

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

- Joanna Newsom

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.

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

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

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

- Joanna Newsom

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

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

- Joanna Newsom

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