Joanna Newsom Quotes

United States, Singer-Songwriter
January 18, 1982

Joanna Caroline Newsom (born January 18, 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in Northern California, Newsom was classically trained on the harp in her youth, and began her musical career as a keyboardist in the San Francisco-based indie band The Pleased.

Also known as Musician, Actress

I have a lot of interest in interior rhyming; not just rhyming at the end of the lines, but playing around with rhymes within the lines, playing with where the syllabic emphases in the sentences are, lining those up at strange moments in the line of the song. I’m not sure if that comes across or not.

Joanna Newsom
- Up
- Song
- Moments
In this life, who did you love,beneath the drifting ashes,beneath the sheeting banks of airthat barrenly bore our rations?

Joanna Newsom
- Life

A feather of a hawk was boundBound around my neckA poultice made of figThe eager little vultures pecked

Joanna Newsom