Top 57 Quotes & Sayings by Hope Sandoval

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Hope Sandoval.
Last updated on December 23, 2024.
Hope Sandoval

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".

I'm lucky, I'm very, very lucky. I work with some of the most amazing artists.
Martello towers are great places to work in.
Obviously nobody likes it when you walk offstage, including your band. — © Hope Sandoval
Obviously nobody likes it when you walk offstage, including your band.
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.
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.
The most amazing live shows that I've ever seen were Rain Parade shows.
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.
I think there'll always be things that kids get into that they grow out of when they start living real life.
Generally we just play music when we feel like it.
I've always thought that people got the impression that I was a tough sort of ruffian type.
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 enjoy singing with a band playing behind me.
Music soothes you, especially when you write, sing or play an instrument. It really can be a cure for everything. — © Hope Sandoval
Music soothes you, especially when you write, sing or play an instrument. It really can be a cure for everything.
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.
We've always had big gaps between records.
I think... people are inspired by our music, and that's cool. We all borrow each other's music.
I turned so many people on to The Smiths before they got huge.
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?
I think a lot of our songs are good.
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.
I was born there and I grew up in East L.A., not Hollywood.
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.
I think we all grow up with idols and things like that.
I like Beach House a lot.
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.
My sister loved country music. My mother loved Spanish music. And my dad was into big band music and jazz.
Usually what I do is I write my vocal melody over guitar parts and then I come up with lyrics.
I've been writing about the same woman for years.
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.
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.
It's a really strange thing to be doing, to go on stage and all of a sudden have bright lights and spotlights.
Performing live is difficult. But nobody's forcing us to do it.
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 best live shows I've ever been to were Green on Red live shows. Amazing live band.
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 think people don't give young women enough credit, really.
I think Liv Tyler's a nice-looking girl. Seems sweet. — © Hope Sandoval
I think Liv Tyler's a nice-looking girl. Seems sweet.
I used to just lose my temper and tell the audience to shut up.
The biggest problem for people who get really, really nervous when they perform live is that you think everybody's looking at you.
I have my own studio that I sing in.
Interviews are difficult.
I love Morrissey!
I spend a lot of time in London and I miss California. Of course, when I'm in California I miss London.
Festivals are quite difficult to me.
I suppose we do live a pretty isolated life.
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.
I was a big fan of the Rain Parade, Green on Red, X, the Rolling Stones. — © Hope Sandoval
I was a big fan of the Rain Parade, Green on Red, X, the Rolling Stones.
Personally, I have a hard time playing live. A big part of it is because the lyrics are really private.
We just allow anybody to listen to our music. All ages are allowed!
I've always loved playing music and I always will.
We're always recording music, writing songs.
With some electronica acts, you see them live, but you're not really sure what they're doing.
I think music is like little films, and it's nice to listen to music and really escape.
Exene taught me how to bend my notes when I sing. That's her style. And I learned that from her.
I love The Smiths!
The larger the band gets, the more people from the label get involved.
I was a massive Rolling Stones fan, and I wanted to play music like... they do... were doing.
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