Haden Quotes

Theia: "We're very high up here, aren't we?"
Haden: "Well, you certainly are. Theia, I need you to wake up."
Theia: "Did you know that I have never seen a penis?"
He laughed again. "When you wake up, you are going to hate yourself. ~ Gwen Hayes

Confederation Day every blessed year on December 12. ~ Suzette Haden Elgin

...wary as any burnt child with an unfamiliar fire to contend with. ~ Suzette Haden Elgin

The fact that I haven't been married might qualify me as belonging in the nutty category to a lot of women. ~ Thomas Haden Church

I think life is really hard sometimes. It's not easy to wake up every day and go through what you go through. But the beautiful moments that you share with people that you love, or even experience alone, are worth all of the pain and sorrow. Those moments should be cherished, and I think that's what music is all about-to remind people of the beautiful moments that are in everybody's life ~ Charlie Haden

Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I said, a mean age probably of 12 is a good mark - they process information so quickly and it's not because of attention deficit or short attention span. ~ Thomas Haden Church

I have music inside me and I'm very lucky to be able to play music and that's the way that I try to do it. ~ Charlie Haden

Seriously, you've been pretending to be a human for six months and you haven't heard of the movie Star Wars? ~ Bree Despain

Ornette Coleman wasn't sure whether he was going to continue with Charlie Haden-Charlie had some personal problems. I said "You've got to be kidding! There's no one on the globe who will be able to accompany you" and no one ever did. [Scott LaFaro] was playing atonally and certainly Ornette was not an atonal player. Jimmy Garrison was a tonal player. He wasn't even polytonal or atonal. ~ Paul Bley

I certainly was an actor and then I drifted more towards writing and directing. ~ Thomas Haden Church

You have to see your unimportance before you can see your importance and your significance to the world. ~ Charlie Haden

If you behave like a doormat, expect to be stepped on and don't complain about it. ~ Suzette Haden Elgin

I'm not so proud to think that anything is unworthy, and I don't think I was that way 10 years ago. ~ Thomas Haden Church

As long as there are musicians who have a passion for spontaneity, for creating something that's never been before, the art form of jazz will flourish. ~ Charlie Haden

In the midst of creating, a person is raised to another level of consciousness that doesn't have that much to do with everyday thinking. It's as if you could imagine life before there were words. ~ Charlie Haden

Any tendency to design for design's sake, to create a pattern within which the owner must live according to rules set by the designer, is headed for frustration, if not disaster. ~ Thomas Haden Church

I love knowing that I'm not better than any other person on the planet. ~ Thomas Haden Church

It's one of those scenarios where no, I never imagined that I'd be directed in a love scene - not even a love scene because it's kind of a hard-core sex scene because it's kind of just purely played for this carnal venting. ~ Thomas Haden Church

I told my students the other day in class, which is about the spirituality and creativity as much as it is about music. I said, 'If you're walking down the street and you see a baby carriage, and there's a baby in the carriage; you look down and your eyes meet the eyes of the baby. The baby looks at you: That's the kind of moment you're in when you're playing. ~ Charlie Haden

One that always stings is "Grow up." And it stings most when you have the suspicion that it is justified, that you have just done somethingchildish and you got nailed for it. It's probably been said to me a few times. ~ Thomas Haden Church

My very own goth Mr. Darcy. Jane Austen would be so proud. ~ Gwen Hayes

But to this day I am convinced that the real reason we met was because Alexander is from Nebraska, and he was completely fascinated that I was about to go off and make a movie with Brando - perhaps the most famous Nebraskan of all. ~ Thomas Haden Church

I enjoy doing press for something that I like, and I think the movie is very fun and charming and clever. ~ Thomas Haden Church

Creative Arts raise a person to another level of consciousness as if you could imagine life before words. ~ Charlie Haden

When I landed in L.A. in early '89, William Morris decided to take me on to see if I could get any jobs. I was cast in a TV movie called Protected Surf, and made $30,000 in four weeks, and I decided I needed to take acting seriously, because I had never made that much money in a year, much less four weeks. That's when I decided I thought I could make a career out of it. ~ Thomas Haden Church

To some extent I could identify with that because I kind of just made my money and got out. ~ Thomas Haden Church

I did a series called Ned and Stacey for two years for Fox back in the 90s. I was writer on it as well as a producer, and it was very important to me that there were no contemporary references. ~ Thomas Haden Church

Whatever you do, don't do anything that might make Brimstone mad. ~ Bree Despain

I've been an admirer of Helen Mirren for a long time. As I get older, I find myself admiring older women who have poise and elegance. ~ Thomas Haden Church

Nazareth wasted no time in anything she did, and years of experience with her brood of nine had given her a firm way of bustling another person along that was impressive even to a professional nurse who did professional person-bustling. ~ Suzette Haden Elgin

This is what happens when the discourse of publishing, defined and driven by spoken and written language, is talked about in exactly the same vocabulary and syntax as any widgetmaking industry. Books are reformulated as 'product' - like screwdrivers or flea-bombs or soap - and the majority of writers are perceived as typists with bad attitudes. ~ Suzette Haden Elgin

I like to keep my private stuff pretty vague. ~ Thomas Haden Church

I just sit down at the piano and rattle it off. ~ Charlie Haden

I like things that start depressing and dark and end up romantic, and that's what I really loved about 'King Kong.' ~ Petra Haden

But I certainly know a lot of people that existed at that level and are always kind of pining for more, always thinking that the next big break, the next opportunity, the big role are just around the corner of the next audition. ~ Thomas Haden Church

Linguistics is our best tool for bringing about social change and SF is our best tool for testing such changes before they are implemented in the real world, therefore the conjunction of the two is desirable and should be useful. ~ Suzette Haden Elgin

I've got a collection of songs that I've had, I keep adding to and they're all great American composers. I wanted to showcase American composers and I've done that on a lot of my records and played things by American composers that I really respect. ~ Charlie Haden

I remember watching Looney Tunes cartoons and having the music stuck in my head. ~ Petra Haden

The bass, no matter what kind of music you're playing, it just enhances the sound and makes everything sound more beautiful and full. When the bass stops, the bottom kind of drops out of everything. ~ Charlie Haden

I believe in singularity in relationships because you've got to have trust on both sides. ~ Thomas Haden Church

When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf. ~ Thomas Haden Church

I mean, there Persephone was, minding her own business, picking flowers, when all of a sudden Hades bursts out of the ground in a flaming chariot and grabs her. I mean, you can't just go around grabbing people. That's not okay." I narrow my eyes, challenging him. "What kind of person does that?"
Haden glowers right back at me. "Maybe he didn't see any other options at the moment. ~ Bree Despain

I love going to the feed store and drinking coffee and talking about how much rain we need. ~ Thomas Haden Church

He is so efficient. He seems to be playing smarter, more confidently. I think they have given him more responsibility. He's very, very accurate and doesn't make many mistakes. The statistics show he has three interceptions, but in reality it's only one. The others were deflected passes by receivers who should have caught balls. ~ Pat Haden

That's what I love about those old movies - the music is like a constant companion. Even in scenes that aren't particularly dramatic, like a woman checking her watch, you hear the music as a comment on that action. ~ Petra Haden

Peace of mind is the meaning of life" -Talisa Santiago (Spirit Seeker) ~ Jamie-Leigh Haden

Chris (Anderson) is risking his life with every chord, that's how much it means to him. He has such a reverence for beauty, he plays like an angel. ~ Charlie Haden

It was her favorite cup, emerald-green china with a rim of silver, and sturdy enough to drink from half awake without worrying that she'd crush it, the last unbroken one of a set used for company meals when she was still in Granny School. She despised the cups her mother and grandmother chose to start their days with, delicate white porcelain with the Brightwater Crest on the side, big enough to hold maybe three good swallows, and so frail they felt like eggshells in your hand. She could face those later in the day if need be, but not before breakfast, and at no time did she admire them. ~ Suzette Haden Elgin

As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school. ~ Thomas Haden Church

I wish I finished music school, because then I feel like I could talk more about the dissonant notes. ~ Petra Haden

I just try to play music from my heart and bring as much beauty as I can to as many people as I can. Just give them other alternatives, especially people who aren't exposed to creative music. ~ Charlie Haden

I want them to come away with discovering the music inside them. And not thinking about themselves as jazz musicians, but thinking about themselves as good human beings, striving to be a great person and maybe they'll become a great musician. ~ Charlie Haden

We're here to bring beauty to the world and make a difference in this planet. That's what art forms are about. ~ Charlie Haden

But at the same time, if the right thing came along, I would do it in a second. ~ Thomas Haden Church

I always related my favorite music to the movies. ~ Petra Haden

Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled these days. ~ Thomas Haden Church

He wished he could show her the memory of the very first time
he'd laid eyes upon her. A random moment, his window to her
world, and yet it
had pierced his excuse for a soul as if it were destiny. As if she
were his destiny. A thousand times he'd looked through the realms,
but one
glimpse had forever changed their paths. ~ Gwen Hayes

But I think once the word gets out that the movie is funny - funny is transcendent - it will traverse all demographic barriers if people embrace it as a funny movie. ~ Thomas Haden Church

Villains with a conscience have this sad realization of who they are, and the monster they've become - there's a sense of regret. So at the end of these movies there's a dramatic resonance that really stays with the audience. ~ Thomas Haden Church

Of course, anybody's who's 26 years old will probably say, "Of course the old guy would say that." But wait until you're 45 or 46 years old. See how you feel about it then. ~ Thomas Haden Church

He stayed carefully away from the profs, he ran the data they gave him without allowing any of it to register in his memory - that's what you have computers for, so you don't have to put stuff in your own memory - and that was all he did. ~ Suzette Haden Elgin

But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure. ~ Thomas Haden Church

Excuse me, lieutenant. I am not that kind of Underlord. ~ Bree Despain

Sight is about what lies right in front of us. Vision is what lies ahead. ~ Thomas Haden Church

He walked backwards a few more steps and brought Brittany's hand to his lips without taking his eyes off me.
My hand tingled where he kissed her.
And the bastard knew it. ~ Gwen Hayes

The title of the movie is open to interpretation. ~ Thomas Haden Church

Brim is hope. Brim is love. ~ Bree Despain

I just called to tell you good night. Get some sleep, Theia. Tomorrow is a big day."
"I would sleep much better if you were here." As soon as the words spilled out of my mouth,I wanted to die of embarrassment. Haden and I were close, but we hadn't gotten that close yet.
"I mean ... it's just that when you're near I'm not as agitated. Not that I want to sleep with you." I needed to stop talking - I was making it worse.
"You don't?" He was teasing now. "Now you've hurt my male pride. ~ Gwen Hayes

Kissing's a good thing, man. It's the doorbell of intimacy. ~ Thomas Haden Church

I would say 95% of the time, because you just can't remember your lines if you're drinking alcohol. I would say about 95% of the time it was grape juice or this fake wine, which was horrible. ~ Thomas Haden Church

I just see myself as a human being that's concerned about life. ~ Charlie Haden

My will is pushed on only by the small grey hellcat who nips at my heels. ~ Bree Despain

Look at the Native American culture. They revere the elders. ~ Thomas Haden Church

Last summer when we were preparing for the movie, I actually kind of wanted to stay fairly uninformed about it. As we went through the process that we do in the movie, I wanted to be a little wide-eyed. ~ Thomas Haden Church

When we first started playing we did a lot of rehearsing. We used to write out everything. In fact, that's the way everybody rehearses: we play the tunes and improvise. ~ Charlie Haden

A Grandmother is a safe haven. ~ Suzette Haden Elgin

Well, first I tried just telling her the truth. That if you kiss her, you'll die. She started crying hysterically."
"Oh, good thinking," I say, lifting the cup of hot chocolate to my mouth. Why hadn't I thought of that right off?
"Yeeeah, turns out not so much. I thought that might have worked since, you know, she's supposedly in love with you, but then being a total psychopath and all, she started blubbering, 'I'd rather have one perfect passionate kiss with Haden and lose him forever, than to have never kissed him at all.'"
I almost choke on a sip of hot chocolate. It burns my throat. ~ Bree Despain

Before music there was silence and the duet format allows you to build from the silence in a very special way. ~ Charlie Haden

It used to be that creative music was most of the music that you heard back in the '30s and '40s, and now it's like 3 percent. So, its kind of a struggle getttin' it out there. ~ Charlie Haden

It's true that I never want to hurt you. But I can't promise you that I never would -Haden ~ Gwen Hayes

He was using me. When he cast me in Sideways I was nothing but a vessel. ~ Thomas Haden Church