I recorded harp first or singing first. I recorded it all together. Part of the reason is that I don't know how to play the songs without also singing. I forget how they progress. I don't think that any of them are verse, chorus, verse, and so on. They are not simple.

I am not doing something that it is experimental music in relation to classical music.

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.

I had known that people would probably have strange reactions to my voice, because I have kind of an unwieldy, difficult voice, but I never thought that anybody would have a problem with the harp. I just assumed... C'mon, it's a beautiful instrument.

The very first Walnut Whales recording was recorded just a few weeks after I had started singing, out of the blue, started singing. And the voice, you can hear how uncomfortable I am with it, and how terrified I am with it.

I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.

I give away CDs at shows if someone wants a CD but doesn't have any money. I wouldn't want to do that forever.