I Didn't Sing For Years And Years,

I Wasn't Interested In Writing Music That Wasn't Beautiful For Me To Listen To.

Never Get So Attached To A Poem That You Forget Truth That Lacks Lyricism.

My Voice In Combination With The Harp - Which, By The Way, I Use Because I've Played It My Entire Life, Not To Make Some Statement About The Harp - Somehow Has ... Coloured People's Interpretations Of The Music And Projected An Idea Of Childlike Or Fairytale Quality Or Innocence. Which Sometimes Prevents People From Listening To The Songs The Way I Would Like Them To Be Listened To.

I Didn't Really Know A Lot Of The History When I Was Younger. I Didn't Realize That The Harp Is Coded In Such A Specific Way In Musical Circles. It's Kind Of This Society Instrument Because Of Its History As A Young Woman's Parlor Instrument.

I Never Thought People Would Be Mortally Offended By The Sounds I Was Making.