ʃiː ɪz dᵻskɹˈaɪbd baɪ ˈɜːwɪn tʃˈuːsɪd ɪn sˈɔŋz ɪnðə kˈiː ʌv zˈiː: ðə kjˈʊɹɹiəs jˈuːnɪvˌɜːs ʌv aʊtsˈaɪdɚ mjˈuːzɪk æz hˈævɪŋ "ɐ tˈɛdibˈɛɹɪʃ ˈɪnəsəns ðæt ɡoʊz ˌoʊvɚ wˈɛl wɪð jˈʌŋstɚz"; wˌaɪl ʃiː wʌz ɪnˈɪʃəli ʌnhˈæpi ɐbˈaʊt ðə "aʊtsˈaɪdɚ mjˈuːzɪk" lˈeɪbəl ænd kˈʌvɚɹɪdʒ baɪ tʃˈuːsɪd, ʃiː tʃˈeɪndʒd hɜː mˈaɪnd ˈæftɚ sˈʌbsᵻkwənt mˈeɪnstɹiːm pɹˈɛs kˈʌvɚɹɪdʒ.
She is described by Irwin Chusid in Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious Universe of Outsider Music as having "a teddy-bearish innocence that goes over well with youngsters"; while she was initially unhappy about the "outsider music" label and coverage by Chusid, she changed her mind after subsequent mainstream press coverage.