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

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.

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

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

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.