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The mountain music... is compelling music in its own right, harking back to a time when music was a part of everyday life and not something performed by celebrities.

Ireland and America, music-wise, are very closely related. The Irish came over with their fiddles in hand, and you can hear it in the bluegrass and rockabilly. I love it when music from different countries combine.

I was always wrapped around music being a tradition, a skill.

Growing up, I was brought up around Irish music, Irish traditions.

There's a similarity between European and North African folk musics.

And it's very strange, but I think there is something very common - not only in Celtic music - but there is a factor or element in Celtic music that is similar in music that we find in Japan, the United States, Europe, and even China and other Asian countries.

We have that storytelling history in country and bluegrass and old time and folk music, blues - all those things that combine to make up the genre. It was probably storytelling before it was songwriting, as far as country music is concerned. It's fun to be a part of that and tip the hat to that. You know, and keep that tradition alive.

I started singing because I come from Wales.

There's some familiarity in Celtic music, even if you've never heard that piece of music before.

There are two kinds of climbers: those who climb because their heart sings when they're in the mountains, and all the rest.