Hope Sandoval Quotes

I remember when I was a kid and I used to go and see Queen play live. It was like there was Queen the album band, and then Queen the four dudes on stage playing the songs on stage, and it never lacked anything to me when it was just the four dudes playing the big songs.

I love the Stones, but I've gone to a lot of gigs.

The Black Keys is just a band that wants to get on stage and rock it.

My dream has been to have my rock band behind me, play live, and entertain.

I want to show everyone what a good rock 'n' roll band we can be.

We went to see Lenny Kravitz last summer in Austin and he was awesome. His show was just awesome. I mean, like, when you see some of these great bands, you sit there and think, man, if only we were that tight, you know?

Because you have things like 'American Idol' and you've got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it's easy to forget there are bands with actual people playing actual instruments that rock.

I went to see 'Shine a Light,' and it was the most perfect thing I could have done to watch that man do what he does in front of an audience. It's primarily Mick Jagger, but they're all so confident and relaxed and in love with what they do, and aware of the power of what they do. It's just deeply, deeply attractive.

I would play with Guns n' Roses anytime.

You've seen one of the our gigs you've seen 'em all. But if you're into the music, you'll know that we played better the night before or we can play better.

I'm playing 10 feet from Mike Campbell every night. I look across the stage, there's Howie. Tom's in the middle and we're playing all this stuff I love. It's great.

If you're the Rolling Stones, you can sing 'Start Me Up' for 35 years, and people still cheer.

When I was singing Jamie's Cryin', people were going out of their mind because it was the first time they got to see Eddie, Michael and Alex play those songs. That was a thrill.

These days, the Rolling Stones still have an edge, but that fangs-out ferocity has mellowed considerably.

I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.

I found out how great the E Street Band is. The reality of a band that you can't scoop aside, can't put in a corner.

I used to spend my money on going to Tom Petty concerts.

We're a rock n' roll band. We're more music and rock n' roll than politics.

We've always imagined ourselves as a rock band. We've always been a rock band playing the wrong instruments.

I was in a band called Episode Six with Roger Glover, which was more of a harmony band, really. At one gig, there were a few dodgy characters leaning up against the wall of the venue - and we ended up joining their band. Purple was the talk of every musician in the country - they had something new and very exciting.

AC/DC is a tough gig for everyone in the band.

You're in for a live band. That's really what I wanted; I wanted to put on a show for people where they could come for the gay and stay for the musicianship. It's a live show; there's some rock stuff, too. Some rock and roll. Get ready.

A record can make an artist sound in tune or make the music sound pretty. But the real test is performing live, and I think we pass fairly well, because people keep asking to see us play.

I always use the Rolling Stones as the whipping boy for this, but they still play old songs as 90% of their set, and we would die if that were the case.

Blues Traveler is hot, and Big Head Todd, the Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies - all of 'em.