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

We are blessed and sustained by what is not said

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

You should listen to a lot of different music.

I didn't really know a lot of the history when I was younger. I didn't realize that the harp is coded in such a specific way in musical circles. It's kind of this society instrument because of its history as a young woman's parlor instrument.

I am consciously trying not to make it sound Celtic or African.

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.