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Petra Haden Biography

Petra Haden (born October 11, 1971) is an American violinist and singer. She has been a member of That Dog, Tito & Tarantula, and The Decemberists; has contributed to recordings by The Twilight Singers, Beck, Mike Watt, Luscious Jackson, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Weezer, The Rentals, Victoria Williams, Yuka Honda, The Gutter Twins, Sunn O))), and Cornelius. She is the daughter of the jazz bassist Charlie Haden; the triplet sister of bassist Rachel Haden (her bandmate in That Dog) and cellist Tanya Haden (married to singer and actor Jack Black) with whom she has performed as The Haden Triplets; and the sister of bassist-singer Josh Haden, leader of the group Spain.

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

Born, People, Song, Songs, Writing

I just recorded in studios, you know, people pressed the buttons for me. So I just started recording the bass lines and guitar parts with my voice, covering classical pieces, or just making up melodies so I could learn how to use it.

Bass, Guitar, Know, People, Voice

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.

Country, Dad, Sing, Song, Songs

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.

Loved, Movie, Piano, Saws, Simple, Time

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.

Age, Growing, Growing Up, Harmony, Natural, Singing

I've already done two cover albums. I don't know, maybe it wouldn't be a good idea to do another, but I just did the Led Zeppelin song for fun, and I thought I could do it kind of quick since songs that I love a lot I can do fast.

Fun, Ideas, Kind, Song, Songs

I remember watching Looney Tunes cartoons and having the music stuck in my head.

Cartoon, Music, Remember, Tunes, Watching

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. "

Imaginaryland, Line, Look, Looks, Singing, Song

My grandparents on my mom's side played in a mandolin orchestra. So when I hear mandolins, I automatically think of them.

Automatically, Grandparent, Grandparents, Mandolins, Mom, Thinking

I love the Bach Prelude No. 2 in C Minor and had that stuck in my head: why don't I put this on Imaginaryland? So I brought it to my friend Tom Grimley who recorded That Dog's first record. I played him all my a cappella pieces, and he said, "P, you should really make a record, it would be great! You can record it at my studio and I'll put it out!"

Cappella, Dog, Pieces, Played, Tom, Would Be

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.

Develop, Fun, Lyrics, Maybe, Mean, Writing

I didn't know who Meredith Monk was, and I knew about Laurie Anderson but I didn't know her music that well.

Knows, Meredith, Monk, Music, Wells

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 when I thought, well, I don't have to write a song with all those verses and choruses or lyrics. I can just sing everything the way I want to. So I sang all the instruments with my voice and just went with it.

Bridges, Know, Song, Verse, Writing

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.

Eight, Jobs, Know, Music, Piece, Pieces

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

Dark, Depressing, Kings, Kong, Things

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

Clean, Pages Turning, People, Sound, Turning

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 in a movie and it makes you fall in love with the characters? That's what happened.

Character, Crush, Falling In Love, Know, Movie, Reeve

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 have a song called "Superman"?

Copying, Like, Maybe, Song, Waiting