Petra Haden Quotes

I just want to sing, I want to work on my music, I want to make my movies, that's all I want to do.

If I could go back, I think I would be a rock star instead of an actor, man.

I had known that I'd wanted to be an actor from a very early age, but I had always known that I wanted to have a dual career. I wanted to be an actor, and I also at that time wanted to be a rock star.

I'm a working musician, so it's what I do. I kind of always have lots of plates spinning, and it's the ones that keep spinning the longest that I end up doing.

I love acting, but I've always prioritized my music.

No, I mean we'd all definitely involved in the music business someway or another, because we're all living with it, and in it, and also we've got all sorts of things we would like to do.

On my gravestone, I want 'Here lies the singer,' not 'Here lies the T.V. presenter'.

Now I'm fortunate to have a good band in CA, and play many solo gigs as well. My point is that I stopped playing in bands and played solo for four years, to get back into the groove and pulse of writing and singing and who I am on stage.

As a result, I had to get my own playground which was my band Colours. This band lasted for about eight years and then the air was out of it and it was time to finish.

Being famous for fame's sake wasn't the goal when I co-founded the Go-Go's. I just wanted to sing and have a laugh.

I love Hootie & the Blowfish and what we do, but that's not my main focus anymore.

I started writing when I was 13. I got my first electric guitar when I was 13, but I'd always been singing. I had my first little acoustic when I was six. But I started being in bands when I was 13.

I was constantly involved in music and theatre all through middle school and high school.

When we're not doing any Pearl Jam stuff, that's when I'll probably think of doing something else, whether that be scoring - hopefully more opportunities will come - or doing a solo thing.

I've had chances to record albums, which I haven't done.

It is a lot of fun being in the Scissor Sisters.

I'm in a very successful band. We all love each other. It ain't ever breaking up. I also have a terrific hobby that became a full-time job. My only problem? There's not enough time to sleep in my world.

My senior year, I got to play Maureen in 'Rent,' and I had more fun than I'd ever had in my life.

My dream that I followed and that I'm living now is that I actually always wanted to go to music college, play in a band, do a world tour, and then eventually get into film music.

I love singing my own stuff, but I also love being a guitar player. Doing both keeps things interesting.

I can't take a break from acting but I've learnt to work my way around films and devote time to my music career.

Strings have been a part of my career and my albums since the very first day. 'Snowbird' had beautiful strings.

My life is a glorious tornado of musical projects!

Songwriting was definitely first. I started singing, and then I was rapping; then I went back to singing. As I was growing up, I just taught myself piano and guitar.

In my early days, I sang rock stuff, but the career didn't kick until '67.