Author: Joy Harjo

Quotes

My mother wrote lyrics and sang but was overtaken by life with four children and worked.

My mother wrote lyrics and sang but was overtaken by life with four children and worked.

- Joy Harjo

When you play a sax, that saxophone is irreverent. It's noisy; it's a trickster... you cannot hide the saxophone in your hands, so it's a good teacher.

When you play a sax, that saxophone is irreverent. It's noisy; it's a trickster... you cannot hide the saxophone in your hands, so it's a good teacher.

- Joy Harjo

You just go where poetry is, whether it's in your heart or your mind or in books or in places where there's live poetry or recordings.

You just go where poetry is, whether it's in your heart or your mind or in books or in places where there's live poetry or recordings.

- Joy Harjo

I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity.

I believe in the sun. In the tangle of human failures of fear, greed and forgetfulness, the sun gives me clarity.

- Joy Harjo

I've always loved the desert. I've spent most of my life in the Southwest. It's certainly influenced my work. I used to dream about it when I was young.

I've always loved the desert. I've spent most of my life in the Southwest. It's certainly influenced my work. I used to dream about it when I was young.

- Joy Harjo

Sometimes, I think, in order to get to something that we really want or we really love or something that needs to be realized, that we're tested.

Sometimes, I think, in order to get to something that we really want or we really love or something that needs to be realized, that we're tested.

- Joy Harjo

I chose poetry. Actually, poetry chose me.

I chose poetry. Actually, poetry chose me.

- Joy Harjo

I never fit in. Everyone knew my dad was Indian. I was half-Indian.

I never fit in. Everyone knew my dad was Indian. I was half-Indian.

- Joy Harjo

I started writing to save my life.

I started writing to save my life.

- Joy Harjo

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