Top 30 Hope Sandoval Quotes

The best live shows I’ve ever been to were Green on Red live shows. Amazing live band.

I was born there and I grew up in East L.A., not Hollywood.

I turned so many people on to The Smiths before they got huge.

Interviews are difficult.

I think… people are inspired by our music, and that’s cool. We all borrow each other’s music.

I suppose we do live a pretty isolated life.

I had to beg to get out of my contract with Capitol. They wanted me to work with big producers. I wanted to produce my music, and they weren’t having that. I’m sure they were happy to let me go. I just didn’t want to do what they wanted me to do.

We’re always recording music, writing songs.

It seemed record companies wanted bands to be creative because they didn’t know how to manufacture underground music. We could do our own thing and go at our own pace. But that changed when major labels started wanting bands that would sell 7 million records.

I love The Smiths!

Generally we just play music when we feel like it.

When I go to a live show, I want to be moved. That’s why you do it. And it’s not very often that a band will move you live.

When I started out playing live, it was different. I felt good about it. Nobody knew who I was. I just opened for so-and-so. Now, I’m playing to people who are coming out to see the band. There’s too much attention on the band and me.

It’s just like anybody else – some people, most people don’t wanna go to school. They just don’t want to. It’s… not fun. I was just somebody who got away with it.

The biggest problem for people who get really, really nervous when they perform live is that you think everybody’s looking at you.

I enjoy singing with a band playing behind me.

I have my own studio that I sing in.

I’ve always loved playing music and I always will.

I don’t even like to sing in front of my own band members so it’s easier for me if they send me the music and I record my vocals in my own studio.

I’m lucky, I’m very, very lucky. I work with some of the most amazing artists.

Performing live is difficult. But nobody’s forcing us to do it.

It’s a really strange thing to be doing, to go on stage and all of a sudden have bright lights and spotlights.

Festivals are quite difficult to me.

There’s a lot of pressure to chitchat with the audience. But when they’re in school, people don’t want to get up in front of their classroom when they have to talk about themselves or a project.

I like Beach House a lot.

The most amazing live shows that I’ve ever seen were Rain Parade shows.

Usually what I do is I write my vocal melody over guitar parts and then I come up with lyrics.

We’ve always had big gaps between records.

I mean, autographs are so funny. I don’t think it’s good to encourage that sort of thing. Why do people want to have an autograph? What does it do for you?

My family is still in Los Angeles. We listened to all sorts of music: Mexican music, oldies, soul, disco and rock & roll. I was surrounded by music.