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

I don't look at people's expressions, because I still get nervous when I play, especially when I first put the harp up there. I just try to tune - it takes me a half-hour to tune, and I get nervous if I look at anybody when I do it.

I want to make music that somehow connects to the things that I love in America music.

I have a deep rooted folk sensibility that I can't get away from completely.

I'm not a wanderer, which is funny because I'm on tour half the time. I'm a home, hearth and family kind of person.

I have a recording that I did of instrumental songs.

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