I was always friends with a lot of guys, maybe because their girlfriends were girly-girls, and they felt safe with me. Patti Scialfa Read Quote
My real priorities were my family – my kids and Bruce – and my work with the E Street Band. Patti Scialfa Read Quote
I did feel funny about being fair and having red hair and freckles. I did not like that because I grew up in a neighbourhood where no one had red hair. I felt very conspicuous but not in a nice way. Patti Scialfa Read Quote
I like writing a body of music that has a cohesive, emotional thread through it. Patti Scialfa Read Quote
Forget the press – just being a partner of somebody who’s very, very famous, it’s hard to keep your center and your personality intact. Patti Scialfa Read Quote
I grew up in an era where you had to find your own way as a woman. When I was a kid, there was this whole physical and emotional neatness and purity that a woman was supposed to have, and I didn’t fit into that. Patti Scialfa Read Quote
When I was younger, I’d go to the Museum of Television and Radio in New York and watch this beautiful clip of Billie Holiday playing with a bassist, a pianist and Gerry Mulligan, who was a friend of mine, on baritone sax. At one point, she looks over at Gerry, and they just smile. When those moments happen, it’s just lovely. Patti Scialfa Read Quote
We always make a hot breakfast for the kids: oatmeal, pancakes, bacon, scrambled eggs, the whole deal. We like to have that time in the morning together as a family. Patti Scialfa Read Quote
People were a little leery when I was doing the press for my last album ‘Rumble Doll,’ yes. It’s always that thing that this is a dilettante or a pet project. Patti Scialfa Read Quote
