Sasha Weiss

I mean, I loved to sing. I still love to sing. And I really studied her singing and learned to sing from Blue. And I think just the leaping in the range, you know, the way that Joni can adventurously, boldly, almost insolently, like she can go from really low to just leaping up.

I mean, I loved to sing. I still love to sing. And I really studied her singing and learned to sing from Blue. And I think just the leaping in the range, you know, the way that Joni can adventurously, boldly, almost insolently, like she can go from really low to just leaping up.

I feel like there's a desire there. There's a hunger. There's a command. I wanted that vocally. And I think I wanted it, like, interpersonally or something.

I feel like there's a desire there. There's a hunger. There's a command. I wanted that vocally. And I think I wanted it, like, interpersonally or something.

I don't know. I think the ability to explore, the ability to, like, take command, the ability to be daring. I mean, I don't know if I've achieved these things, but I think this was, like, my fantasy. Especially Blue. But Court and Spark, too, shaped my ideas about... What love was, I always felt like love was a complex, laden thing, not a simple thing, because of Joni.

I don't know. I think the ability to explore, the ability to, like, take command, the ability to be daring. I mean, I don't know if I've achieved these things, but I think this was, like, my fantasy. Especially Blue. But Court and Spark, too, shaped my ideas about... What love was, I always felt like love was a complex, laden thing, not a simple thing, because of Joni.

What it was to be a writer, I think. You know, her songs are so writerly. So many of them are short stories in miniature, and you get a whole life in those songs. So I think that her words, I listen to them frequently. thousands of times. I mean, blue is just stamped on my consciousness. So I think I wanted to see what kind of woman I'd become by encountering Joanie.

What it was to be a writer, I think. You know, her songs are so writerly. So many of them are short stories in miniature, and you get a whole life in those songs. So I think that her words, I listen to them frequently. thousands of times. I mean, blue is just stamped on my consciousness. So I think I wanted to see what kind of woman I'd become by encountering Joanie.

So Night Ride Home.

So Night Ride Home.

Which I don't know as well. So I love.

Which I don't know as well. So I love.

I've been waiting. It's been hard. I mean, I watched the Newport performance.

I've been waiting. It's been hard. I mean, I watched the Newport performance.

And I was so moved hearing her sing again. I think in those performances, her voice was still in the process of returning. There were moments when her voice broke, moments when the songs felt like they were being explored again. Yeah. So I felt both... What was different? Yeah. that she was the band leader. And it's so interesting because she was seated the whole time, right? She sits.

And I was so moved hearing her sing again. I think in those performances, her voice was still in the process of returning. There were moments when her voice broke, moments when the songs felt like they were being explored again. Yeah. So I felt both... What was different? Yeah. that she was the band leader. And it's so interesting because she was seated the whole time, right? She sits.

Oh, my God, the chair.

Oh, my God, the chair.

And we got to talk about the furniture, which is incredible. But her presence just has this gravitas and physicality, even though, you know, she's not standing, but she really draws attention The 17,000 seat, beautiful outdoor amphitheater into her. There's something energetically incredibly potent.

And we got to talk about the furniture, which is incredible. But her presence just has this gravitas and physicality, even though, you know, she's not standing, but she really draws attention The 17,000 seat, beautiful outdoor amphitheater into her. There's something energetically incredibly potent.