I have a voice that's obviously untrained - and I think untrainable - so I kind of secreted it away for a long time. Actually, I would write songs with lyrics when I was younger, but I would just sing in my head.

I had known that people would probably have strange reactions to my voice, because I have kind of an unwieldy, difficult voice, but I never thought that anybody would have a problem with the harp. I just assumed... C'mon, it's a beautiful instrument.

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

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

I am not doing something that it is experimental music in relation to classical music.

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

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.