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Petra Haden Quotes

When I was recording my first solo album 'Imaginaryland,' I was listening to a lot of movie scores.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: October 11, 1971

Topics

Listening First Solo Recording Movie

I wore white kabuki makeup, had blue-black hair. At one point, I shaved an inch and a half around my hairline and continued the white makeup up so it made my head look slightly deformed. I thought it was hilarious.

Melissa McCarthy

Hair Makeup Thought Look White Head

I look at the people's careers who I want to emulate, like Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Bernadette Peters... They've all found the key to longevity in this business, and that is diversifying, doing as many things as possible to keep yourself relevant, and so hopefully I'm on the same track as all those amazing women.

Women Business Yourself People Key

You're watching your kids playing football, and you're not present. It's like the worst... it's horrible. I despise myself for it. I think it's a particularly male thing. Being present and in the moment with your kids is something a lot of men struggle with.

Myself Moment Struggle Football Men

I'd like to say that parody is a celebration of a person's specific characteristics, as opposed to mockery.

Person Say Celebration Mockery Like

I like to play snooker, golf as well.

Golf Play Well Like

If you're a writer, you know that the stories don't come to you - you have to go looking for them. The old men in the lobby: that's where the stories were.

Men Looking You Go Know Old

I don't listen to people's opinions. I have people around me who I can trust, but most of all I listen to myself.

Myself Trust People Me Opinions Who

I live on my own, happily, and I've never wanted children, but it did occur to me one day that there's part of me in 'Torak' - he's a loner, I'm a loner - as there's part of me in 'Renn,' who's quite waspish. I think, in some senses, 'Torak' is the son I never had.

Live Son Children Day Me Think

We are all so close. We are godfather to each others' kids. I was the best man at Jesus' wedding.

Best Man Wedding Others Best Man

Literature has drawn a funny perimeter that other art forms haven't.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Funny Art Literature Other Drawn

I can think of a lot of women clients of mine who are well into their 50s or 60s who are still quintessentially very elegant.

Women Think I Can Clients Elegant

I would like to have seen my sons growing up.

Aung San Suu Kyi

Growing Up Growing Up Seen Would

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