You should listen to a lot of different 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 am consciously trying not to make it sound Celtic or African.

I started playing harp about fourteen years ago.

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 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 didn't sing for years and years, but I started playing harp when I was maybe 9 or 10. I had actually wanted to play for years leading up to that, but no teacher in our little town would take me on as a student, because I was too young.