Susanna Hoffs Professions : Vocalist Born : January 17, 1959 Browse All Authors Top 16 quotes by Susanna Hoffs In theater and dance, I was trying to win someone's approval, trying to get in, trying to be good. It felt out of my control, whereas music suddenly felt like this free expression. It was fun. Susanna Hoffs expression winning fun I've had a lot of fun watching my husband's wonderful career as a filmmaker unfold and all the interesting places we've been and people we've met. It's just been a really enjoyable ride. Susanna Hoffs husband careers fun My hair is naturally curly, and in the 80's, even though I experimented with different lengths, I generally wore it curly. Since then, I've learned how to use a blow dryer and flat iron. Susanna Hoffs iron blow hair I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models. Susanna Hoffs female-role-models strong thinking I can't express how wonderful it is to get feedback when you've been sort of in a bubble working on something and then you release it to the world and hope for the best. It's like the birth of a musical baby. Susanna Hoffs musical baby world I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was for me. I know that's true for a lot of budding musicians out there - that's the thing that gets them inspired, is trying to learn their favorite songs. I think it's a great way to teach yourself. Susanna Hoffs play song thinking There are different chemistries you can have in different bands, and part of that's caused by the gender. Susanna Hoffs chemistry band different There are definitely some stories worth telling and I think there's something to be said for telling your story. Susanna Hoffs stories said thinking Oh, well, I'd like to have commercial success. I guess. Susanna Hoffs wells oh-well I don't read music, which is a shame, actually, and I shouldn't even speak of it because it's embarrassing, but it's true. Susanna Hoffs embarrassing shame speak I went to UC Berkeley for college, and it was during the period when the whole punk movement was happening. Susanna Hoffs uc-berkeley movement college I like singing in harmony - I like not having to sing every song. Susanna Hoffs harmony singing song You realize you can get good at something, even though ballet almost felt like you could never be good enough. No matter how hard you worked, it was so hard to be a great dancer. Susanna Hoffs dancer ballet matter We worked so hard we almost stopped enjoying it. Susanna Hoffs almost enjoying stopped hard That was the big lesson for all of us. Everything was going great on paper, but we all became miserable because we were so caught up in the machinery of how you make that happen, it took away the sheer joy. Susanna Hoffs lesson great you joy I still wear minis and cardigans, but I think I'll steer away from shoulder pads. Susanna Hoffs i-think wear shoulder think Similar Authors Brenda Lee vocalist Arnold McCuller vocalist Ari Up vocalist Andrew VanWyngarden vocalist Alton Ellis vocalist Bobby McFerrin vocalist All Authors
