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

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.

I did spend a year in high school being obsessed with Fleetwood Mac.

I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.

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

The so-called positive press has in some ways been more difficult to swallow than the negative.