I'm Not A Wanderer, Which Is Funny

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 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 Have A Lot Of Interest In Interior Rhyming; Not Just Rhyming At The End Of The Lines, But Playing Around With Rhymes Within The Lines, Playing With Where The Syllabic Emphases In The Sentences Are, Lining Those Up At Strange Moments In The Line Of The Song. I’m Not Sure If That Comes Across Or Not.

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