People want to hear clean sounds; they don't want to hear coughing in the background, pages turning.
Petra HadenI 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"?
Petra HadenMy grandparents on my mom's side played in a mandolin orchestra. So when I hear mandolins, I automatically think of them.
Petra HadenThe 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."
Petra Haden