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.

What a woman does is open doors. And it is not a question of locking or unlocking.

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.

I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great.

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.

If I ever met Dolly Parton for sure, I would just not be able to say anything. I love her.

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.