Joanna Newsom Quotes

I don't like the word "happy." I wouldn't want to use it that context. I enjoy writing songs, it's a really good challenge, it tickles me. It's a wonderful way to engage with your surroundings, through poetry and songs.

I would write poems and think up melodies to them later.

I write all the time - I write poetry, I love to write.

Well, I like to write poetry. I'm a published poet.

It's hard to decide how to match words to music. It's not like it's twice the work. It's always difficult for me to explain to the composer what I'm looking for. I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music.

Anyone who writes knows that ultimately the majority of your time is spent alone in a room with a piano or a guitar, no matter what the project is.

I've written poetry since I was a kid. As the years went on, I got into writing stories and screenplays, but I always, always kept up with poetry as well.

I've written poetry since I was in the first grade, and it wasn't until I was a little bit older that I realized poetry could be put to music and become a song.

I just don't write musically, but lyrically, yeah I write.

I've been really enjoying writing articles and writing music and music for movies.

My earliest attempts at writing were when I was seven. I would sit at the piano and transcribe the songs I heard on the radio. I'd change little things in the music and write different lyrics.

I really want to write a novel. I also want to learn to play the mandolin.

I try to read a lot and listen to a lot of good songwriters, and I try to actually work on the craft of writing a song rather than just leaving it up to inspiration.

When I write the music for any of my songs, I write as a composer-lyricist in my head.

I write lyrics based on music, on a musical flow, and what sounds good at the time.

I started out with piano when I was little. That, for songwriting, is my favorite instrument.

My main object is to write, to keep learning. I always try to perfect my composition. But I do like writing film and opera music. I believe that it fulfills the needs of particular situations.

As a songwriter, metaphor is instinctual.

I started writing music as a composer in school, in the classical tradition.

When it comes to poetry, I think partly the numbers of people attempting to write poems is probably a result or the reaction to technology.

I'm an actress, primarily. I love to write poetry. I've been writing poetry since I was 12 years old.

I'm a man with a mission in two or three editions And I'm giving you a longing look Everyday, everyday, everyday I write the book.

Songwriting is best. It's the hardest ... finest ... tightest. It also requires the most discipline.

(Songwriting) It's a gift. It all comes from somewhere. I started out really young, when I was four, five, six, writing poems, before I could play an instrument. I was writing about things when I was eight or 10 years old that I hadn't lived long enough to experience.

I write poems about relationships, love relationships, and I'm not able to do that all the time. I could go two years without writing poems, and then write a dozen. Having a novel to work on, with the intricate puzzle of character and plot to work out, is satisfying for the time there is no poetry.