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Joanna Newsom

"I am consciously trying not to make it sound Celtic or African."

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"It's totally different. I usually don't tell people about the Pleased if they know me from the harp. And if they are there to see the Pleased, I usually don't tell them about the harp. I am nervous that these people will expect something similar."
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"I have a recording that I did of instrumental songs."
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"You should listen to a lot of different music."
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"I started playing harp about fourteen years ago."
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"I wasn't interested in writing music that wasn't beautiful for me to listen to."
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"I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music."
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"I have a deep rooted folk sensibility that I can't get away from completely."
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"I have writing songs on my own for about six years."
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"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."
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"I definitely don't subscribe to the theory that more instruments, or more vocal tracks, harmony, or double tracking the voice, is a good thing. People do their early albums very stripped down, then each album becomes bloated."
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