Hope Sandoval

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

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

Festivals are quite difficult to me.

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

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

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.

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.

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

I love Morrissey!

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

I love The Smiths!

Generally we just play music when we feel like it.

We've always had big gaps between records.

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.

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

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

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 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.

I enjoy singing with a band playing behind me.

I have my own studio that I sing in.

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

We're always recording music, writing songs.

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

I was a massive Rolling Stones fan, and I wanted to play music like... they do... were doing.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I suppose we do live a pretty isolated life.

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

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.

We just allow anybody to listen to our music. All ages are allowed!

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

I like Beach House a lot.

Martello towers are great places to work in.

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

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

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

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.