#ear

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#destruction #fear #first #gods #hatred

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

— Joanna Newsom

#harp #hearing #i #i am #people

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. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#album #albums #becomes #bloated #definitely

I have writing songs on my own for about six years. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#i #my own #own #six #songs

My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work. ↗

— Mary Oliver

#comfortably #derivative #early #early work #first

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

— Joanna Newsom

#enough #great #i #kid #long

I started playing harp about fourteen years ago. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#ago #fourteen #harp #i #playing

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. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#between #clear #delight #different #excitement

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. ↗

— Joanna Newsom

#am #blue #few #first #had

I made some salt and pepper shakers a while back and waited three years for them to come. ↗

— Marc Newson

#come #i #made #pepper #salt