I got a new 4-track cassette recorder a year or so after high school. For a while I would just stare at it thinking, how am I going to do this if I don't play guitar or keyboards? How am… — Petra Haden Copy Share Image
The bass line is the anchor for me. I started with the bass, and either doubled that and then added the harmonies, or sometimes… — Petra Haden Copy Share
My forte is playing along and singing along to music I love. I mean, who knows, maybe I could develop that knack or develop… — Petra Haden Copy Share
I never punched in anything when I recorded Imaginaryland. Where the title came from is a whole other story. — Petra Haden Copy Share
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… — Petra Haden Copy Share
I wish I finished music school, because then I feel like I could talk more about the dissonant notes. — Petra Haden Copy Share
I remember watching Looney Tunes cartoons and having the music stuck in my head. — Petra Haden Copy Share
Our dad played us a lot of old country songs by The Carter Family and he would sing along to it. I loved listening… — Petra Haden Copy Share
Harmony has always come very natural to us because we started singing harmony at an early age. We heard a lot of different music… — Petra Haden Copy Share
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,… — Petra Haden Copy Share
I didn't know who Meredith Monk was, and I knew about Laurie Anderson but I didn't know her music that well. — Petra Haden Copy Share
I just recorded in studios, you know, people pressed the buttons for me. So I just started recording the bass lines and guitar parts… — Petra Haden Copy Share
I thought about what I wanted to do besides playing violin and singing backup in a band. Don't get me wrong, playing and singing… — Petra Haden Copy Share
Old film-noir movies. There's something comforting about watching black-and-white movies, and hearing this kind of music just puts me in a fantasy world. It's… — Petra Haden Copy Share
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… — Petra Haden Copy Share
