lists of sins and solemn vows don't make you any friends. - Joanna Newsom

But it can make you feel over, and old (Lord, you know it's a shame), when I only want for you to pull over, and hold me,
till I can't remember my own name.

My voice in combination with the harp - which, by the way, I use because I've played it my entire life, not to make some statement about the harp - somehow has … coloured people's interpretations of the music and projected an idea of childlike or fairytale quality or innocence. Which sometimes prevents people from listening to the songs the way I would like them to be listened to.

And if you come and see me,
you will upset the order.
You cannot come and see me,
for I set myself apart.
But when you come and see me,
in California,
you cross the border of my heart.