Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme.

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

Never get so attached to a poem that you forget truth that lacks lyricism.

I am always trying to write.

I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.

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

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.