Pat's songs have been praised highly by Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow, Sonny Ochs, and others. Cindy Mangsen says:"Pat's songs are thoughtful and truthful." They have a strong folk influence, and cover issues such as peace, religion and the environment, and many personal topics as well. They are carefully crafted and lyric-driven, with tunes and especially choruses (chori?) that are eminently singable. But the top-notch backup musicians and vocalists on her albums, including Vito Petroccitto Jr., Rachel Handman, and David Roth, make them especially delightful to listen to. Fans write things such as:"I meant to write and tell you how much I've enjoyed your CD -- love your compositions and your songs, love how personal the songs are to your life, how you take what you experience and come up with something so moving or funny or whatever the case may be. I play it over and over." Or,"In addition to the superb lyric writing I've grown to take for granted in your case, I really enjoyed your original takes on many of the subjects you address...You also took full advantage of the way the CD format allows an artist to arrange the songs in an intriguing order...There's never a dull moment...Nice environmental packaging too."