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