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 can't play my songs on the smaller harp. I have a Celtic harp. I can't do the key changes.

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.

The way that words fit together is always interesting to me. I love words.

I am always trying to write.

Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme.

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.