The very first Walnut Whales recording was recorded just a few weeks after I had started singing, out of the blue, started singing. And the voice, you can hear how uncomfortable I am with it, and how terrified I am with it.

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

People are often afraid for me. They think that I am going to break. I can make it through a set.

I give away CDs at shows if someone wants a CD but doesn't have any money. I wouldn't want to do that forever.

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

And all that we built, and all that we breathed And all that we spilled or pulled up like weeds Is piled up in back and it burns irrevocably And we spoke up in turns 'til the silence crept over me.

I can bear a lot but not that pall