"Sometimes? I went to Youtube first when I started my folk music project and I check out artists I hear about. I'm hopeless, I know."

What would he say if she confessed there had been a time when she'd hated music and all its reminders of what a failure she was? She can see now how silly that was. It's like hating books because you'd only ever read them for lessons.

"I...I'm considering making my next challenge with the piano." The hated Rachmaninoff has the difficulty and will be a good test of herself.