Probably the first music that ever moved me would have been by Simon and Garfunkle when I was 15. But the first music that profoundly moved me would have to be the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Mahler had a pretty big effect on me as well.

Ebbie, I found out something interesting recently. Teenage Amish girls are now playing the accordion in church services to accompany singing in some parts of Pennsylvania. The man who is working on my Italian accordion lives in Pittsburgh and he says he's constantly repairing accordions that are going to be used by teenaged Amish girls for use in church.

Carol