I never thought people would be mortally offended by the sounds I was making.

I've been unaware of how people react to the instrument. People have ideas of what a harp is supposed to sound like, and a lot of them are negative ideas.

Around eighth grade I decided I wanted to be a composer and that's what I went to college for. Just a few years back, I switched out of composition and into creative writing so I could work with words.

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

I wasn't interested in writing music that wasn't beautiful for me to listen to.

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

There's something fundamental to the harp that has retained its appeal my whole life. It's an instrument I am just in love with.