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Joanna Newsom

"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."

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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."

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Aberjhani

"One must indeed test the strings to this life, bounce the bow, wet the mouthpiece, prepare for the deeper music that follows."

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Aberjhani

"There is nothing in the world so much like prayer as music is."

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Aberjhani

"88% of what we call good songs aren't really good. They merely remind us of a good time we once had."

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Aberjhani

"Miranda raised her eyebrows. Apparently she hadn't figured me for a country music fan. I liked her for that."

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Aberjhani

"Music reveals the deepest beauty of the soul."

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"We could argue about what constitutes the creepiest line in pop music, but for me it's early Beatles- John Lennon, actually- singing 'I'd rather see you dead, little girl, than to be with another man."

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Aberjhani

"Music fills the void between the heart and soul and connects them in heavenly delights."

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"Music is the fastest motivator in the world."

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"I listen to music constantly while writing."

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"Music has the ability to express in the upbeat every brilliant aspect of existence, while on the downbeat convey the anguish that a human being experiences when apprehending the fleeting nature of time, and the mysterious torture of living and dying. Music stands alone in its ability to communicate the symbols and phases of life, both being and nonbeing."

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

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Joanna Newsom
"It's valid that the Strokes and the Pleased have been influenced by some of the same bands. But it's invalid in the sense that we listen to the Strokes and try to sounds like them. I think that they are a good band."

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Joanna Newsom
"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."

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Joanna Newsom
"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."

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

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

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Joanna Newsom
"People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set."

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Joanna Newsom
"I started playing harp about fourteen years ago."

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

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"I have a recording that I did of instrumental songs."

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