A Conversation with Petra Haden (continued)

PM: Well, tell me, please, before I let you go, about the Foo Fighters acoustic thing. How was that?

PH: Oh, that was really fun.

PM: They're crazy, right. [laughs]

PH: [laughs] They're really funny guys and really talented, and I'm really glad I got to be able to work with them.

PM: So do they let you cut loose, or is it more structured?

PH: I mean, every now and then they would throw me a line or Dave [Grohl] would throw me a line to play a specific thing he had. But for the most part I was free to do what I wanted to do. It was a lot of fun.

PM: That's great. That's the way.

PH: Yeah.

PM: So I'll end with this, because I appreciate your time: Your career is really so unique, it looks handmade, from a distance. What would you say, as a musician, that you're attempting to do, or that you're doing, or hoping to do?

PH: That's such a good question. I want to feel good. I just want to feel good inside and I want other people to feel good when they hear anything I do. I just want to have fun and I just want to be able to reach people. Like when I listen to great music, how I feel, that's how I want to make people feel.

PM: Wow, that's a very emotional, very touching answer. I appreciate that.

PH: [laughs] And I want to work with as many great artists as I can.

PM: Wow, yeah. Well, it certainly looks like you're on track to do a lot of that. And thank you, Petra, for your time today.

PH: It was a pleasure. Thank you.

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