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

Music Change Art

I think music is like little films, and it's nice to listen to music and really escape.

Hope Sandoval

Music Us Think

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

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Amazing Were T

I like Beach House a lot.

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Use Us T

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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Life Art Ways

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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Music Love Wit

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

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Wit Up Think

Festivals are quite difficult to me.

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T Quite Quit

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

Hope Sandoval

Wood Woo Up

With some electronica acts, you see them live, but you're not really sure what they're doing.

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You Wit Them

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

Hope Sandoval

Age Your You

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

Hope Sandoval

Women Men Young

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

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You Who Very

The larger the band gets, the more people from the label get involved.

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T People More

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

Hope Sandoval

Work Art Amazing

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.

Hope Sandoval

You Will Why

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?

Hope Sandoval

Good Funny Courage

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

Music Art Yin

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

Work You Which

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

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Years Year Writing

I used to just lose my temper and tell the audience to shut up.

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Used Use Us

Martello towers are great places to work in.

Hope Sandoval

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

Generally we just play music when we feel like it.

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 spend a lot of time in London and I miss California. Of course, when I'm in California I miss London.

Hope Sandoval

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

Hope Sandoval

I love Morrissey!

Hope Sandoval

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

Hope Sandoval

I enjoy singing with a band playing behind me.

Hope Sandoval

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

Hope Sandoval

We're always recording music, writing songs.

Hope Sandoval

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

Hope Sandoval

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

Hope Sandoval

We've always had big gaps between records.

Hope Sandoval

Personally, I have a hard time playing live. A big part of it is because the lyrics are really private.

Hope Sandoval

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.

Hope Sandoval

I think Liv Tyler's a nice-looking girl. Seems sweet.

Hope Sandoval

I think a lot of our songs are good.

Hope Sandoval

Exene taught me how to bend my notes when I sing. That's her style. And I learned that from her.

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

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

Hope Sandoval

I love The Smiths!

Hope Sandoval

I was a big fan of the Rain Parade, Green on Red, X, the Rolling Stones.

Hope Sandoval

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.

Hope Sandoval

Interviews are difficult.

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

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

Hope Sandoval

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.

Hope Sandoval

I suppose we do live a pretty isolated life.

Hope Sandoval

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

Hope Sandoval