Petra Haden Quotes

I played violin from when I was about eight to thirteen, so I could read a little bit, but if you put a piece of music in front of me now, I would probably know the notes, but not the timing, how they're supposed to be played, and I just don't know how to read chords. If I'd stuck with it, I'd probably have more jobs.

Petra Haden

• Music
• Read
• Chord

People want to hear clean sounds; they don't want to hear coughing in the background, pages turning.

Petra Haden

• People
• Sounds
• Clean

People are born with the knack to write poems and songs. I'm not a poet at all.

Petra Haden

• Write
• Born
• Songs

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 life after being so busy.

Petra Haden

• Busy
• Touring
• Normal Life

Harmony has always come very natural to us because we started singing harmony at an early age. We heard a lot of different music growing up.

Petra Haden

• Music
• Growing Up
• Harmony

I never punched in anything when I recorded Imaginaryland. Where the title came from is a whole other story.

Petra Haden

• Story
• Record
• Title

You have to be a poet to know how to write a song with lyrics.

Petra Haden

• Write
• Lyrics
• Poet

I always related my favorite music to the movies.

Petra Haden

• Music
• Movies
• Relate

My forte is playing along and singing along to music I love. I mean, who knows, maybe I could develop that knack or develop that ability to write, and I do actually co-write with people and friends, which is fun, too, because then I don't have to worry about writing lyrics, because for me writing lyrics is impossible.

Petra Haden

• Music
• Writing
• Lyrics

I like things that start depressing and dark and end up romantic, and thats what I really loved about King Kong.

Petra Haden

• Dark
• Romantic
• Depressing