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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. "

Joanna Newsom

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" 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. "

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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. "

" I recorded harp first or singing first. I recorded it all together. Part of the reason is that I don't know how to play the songs without also singing. I forget how they progress. I don't think that any of them are verse, chorus, verse, and so on. They are not simple. "

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

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

Joanna Newsom

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

" I am always trying to write. "

Joanna Newsom

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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. "

Joanna Newsom

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

" 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. "