Joanna Newsom Inspirational Quotes (30)

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.

The so-called positive press has in some ways been more difficult to swallow than the negative.

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.

Around eighth grade I decided I wanted to be a composer and that's what I went to college for. Just a few years back, I switched out of composition and into creative writing so I could work with words.

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

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