I've kind of become obsessed with the pedal steel. It's a beautiful sound, and the mechanics of it are so interesting.

The Pedal steel because it's so mysterious.

Nobody would take me seriously. They would take one look at me and say, 'O.K., folk singer.' That was really hard for me, and I was angry a lot of the time. I did all these summer programs, and I never encountered another female playing jazz guitar. Ever.

I think jazz guitar isn't very ladylike in general. Not that it shouldn't be.

The wind's been pretty benign and that's kind of the animal here. You've got to pretty much put the pedal to the metal.

We talk about eventually getting some kind of pedal that I can hit to make different sounds. For Tilly 2007 maybe.