I wanted to write songs which I think is a different thing. I wanted to write music that is informed by folk music. The chord progressions are obvious references.

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

I have writing songs on my own for about six years.

I am always trying to write.

I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp.

I never thought people would be mortally offended by the sounds I was making.