Top 57 Quotes & Sayings by Hope Sandoval

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Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Hope Sandoval is an American singer-songwriter who is the lead singer of Mazzy Star and Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions. Sandoval has toured and collaborated with other artists, including Massive Attack, for whom she sang "Paradise Circus" on the 2010 album Heligoland and the 2016 single "The Spoils".

American - Musician | Born: June 24, 1966

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

Hope Sandoval

Martello towers are great places to work in.

Hope Sandoval

Obviously nobody likes it when you walk offstage, including your band.

Hope Sandoval

I think one of the big mistakes people make is to have fame as one of their main goals. That is the biggest mistake when you're creating art.

Hope Sandoval

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.

Hope Sandoval

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

Hope Sandoval

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.

Hope Sandoval

I think there'll always be things that kids get into that they grow out of when they start living real life.

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Generally we just play music when we feel like it.

Hope Sandoval

I've always thought that people got the impression that I was a tough sort of ruffian type.

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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.

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I enjoy singing with a band playing behind me.

Hope Sandoval

Music soothes you, especially when you write, sing or play an instrument. It really can be a cure for everything.

Hope Sandoval

I've always loved music. I grew up with older brothers and sisters who were into music, played The Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin.

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We've always had big gaps between records.

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

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

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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?

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I think a lot of our songs are good.

Hope Sandoval

We're really lucky because we have a portable studio, which enables us to work wherever we like. There is some extra work involved in setting everything up, but you can find a lot of magic and inspiration in being free to go somewhere completely different.

Hope Sandoval

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

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It's not so much that I don't enjoy playing live - that's one of the best parts of playing music - it's that it's nerve-racking with 300, 500 people watching.

Hope Sandoval

I think we all grow up with idols and things like that.

Hope Sandoval

I like Beach House a lot.

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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.

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My sister loved country music. My mother loved Spanish music. And my dad was into big band music and jazz.

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

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I've been writing about the same woman for years.

Hope Sandoval

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers were really great. I saw them live in the '90s; they were really, really good. The music is great, and the musicians are amazing.

Hope Sandoval

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.

Hope Sandoval

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

Hope Sandoval

I think people don't give young women enough credit, really.

Hope Sandoval