Our dad played us a lot of old country songs by The Carter Family and he would sing along to it. I loved listening to him sing.
Everyone knows about The Who, but I didn't. I knew the popular songs like "I Can See For Miles." So that was the first song I worked on because it wa… - Petra Haden
Everyone knows about The Who, but I didn't. I knew the popular songs like "I Can See For Miles." So that was the first song I worked on because it wa…
- Petra Haden
The Conversation was a movie I saw probably for the first time in the early 2000s. I immediately loved the piano and just how simple it is. - Petra Haden
The Conversation was a movie I saw probably for the first time in the early 2000s. I immediately loved the piano and just how simple it is.
I remember watching Looney Tunes cartoons and having the music stuck in my head. - Petra Haden
I remember watching Looney Tunes cartoons and having the music stuck in my head.
It's my favorite movie score and because I had such a crush on Christopher Reeve. The music made me love him even more. You know when you hear music … - Petra Haden
It's my favorite movie score and because I had such a crush on Christopher Reeve. The music made me love him even more. You know when you hear music …
I put out Imaginaryland, I heard a lot of, "Oh she's copying Laurie Anderson," and I was like, wait... but I don't know her music! Maybe - didn't she… - Petra Haden
I put out Imaginaryland, I heard a lot of, "Oh she's copying Laurie Anderson," and I was like, wait... but I don't know her music! Maybe - didn't she…
The first song I wrote was "Look Both Ways Before You Cross" from Imaginaryland. I started the song by singing a bass line, "hoo hoo hoo hoo." - Petra Haden
The first song I wrote was "Look Both Ways Before You Cross" from Imaginaryland. I started the song by singing a bass line, "hoo hoo hoo hoo."
When we were on breaks from recording and touring, I was kind of moping around, like not knowing what to do. It was hard to adjust back to normal lif… - Petra Haden
When we were on breaks from recording and touring, I was kind of moping around, like not knowing what to do. It was hard to adjust back to normal lif…
People want to hear clean sounds; they don't want to hear coughing in the background, pages turning. - Petra Haden
People want to hear clean sounds; they don't want to hear coughing in the background, pages turning.
I didn't know how write a song, (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, bridge, verse), etc., and I didn't know how to write lyrics, so that's… - Petra Haden
I didn't know how write a song, (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, bridge, verse), etc., and I didn't know how to write lyrics, so that's…
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