Editing Joan Osborne (section)

==Personal life==
Originally from [[Anchorage, Kentucky]], a suburb of [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], Osborne moved to New York City in the late 1980s. She has stated that she feels an attachment to the city, particularly the [[Borough (New York City)|borough]] of [[Brooklyn]]. Her interest in the culture, history, and society of her [[Boerum Hill]] neighborhood<ref name="ALucente">{{cite news |last1=Lucente |first1=Adam |title=Joan of arts: Singer curates a women's music series |url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/41/8/24-joan-osborne-curates-hip-women-show-at-bric-2018-02-23-bk.html |access-date=February 21, 2019 |newspaper=Brooklyn Paper |date=February 21, 2018}}</ref> has influenced her music. She has also expressed admiration for [[American poetry]], especially the works of [[Walt Whitman]], cited as a major inspiration for her [[songwriting]].<ref name=Beliefnet/>

Raised a [[Roman Catholic]], Osborne distanced herself from that institution after childhood, specifically after telling her parents that she wished to [[Ordination of women|become a priest]], only to learn that the [[Ordination of women and the Catholic Church|Church does not allow women to do so]]. As an adult, she regards herself as skeptical of large-scale [[organized religion]] and identifies as a "[[Spirituality|spiritual person]]" influenced by both [[Buddhism]] and Christianity.<ref name=Beliefnet>{{cite web|url=http://www.beliefnet.com/entertainment/music/2008/12/joan-osborne-interview.aspx?p=2|title=Joan Osborne: Finding a Spiritual Space in an Ordinary World|website=beliefnet.com|access-date=June 23, 2017}}</ref>

Osborne has a daughter, born in December 2004.<ref>{{cite web|last=Christiano-Mistretta|first=Maryanne|title=Joan Osborne Brings it on Home to Maplewoodstock|url=http://thealternativepress.com/articles/joan-osborne-brings-it-on-home-to-maplewoodstock|publisher=TheAlternativePress.com|access-date=December 30, 2013|date=July 11, 2013}}</ref>