Hope Sandoval Quotes

We want people to see us live before we continue on and call ourselves recording artists.

I don't get recognised until I'm on stage, and then I can walk off and forget about it. It's great.

I think I was drawn to acting just as a way of getting noticed.

While it feels good to be compared to someone like Sridevi, it's also a lot of pressure.

I didn't think I was a famous singer. I didn't think I was a star or that I could make the waters part - just that singing was what I was going to do.

I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope.

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.

Every time I would open my mouth to sing, everybody was paying attention to me. It became a habit.

There's no way to be able to tell what it's like to be a country singer until you're walking in the shoes.

In the years between 2000 and 2004, I always got the feeling that people were just starting to hear about me, and they were all late to the game. I'd be out playing shows for records that I recorded back in 1999 that were just coming out.

I think every film actor secretly wants to be a rock star as well; just that part of the job which requires the extrovert in you. Even if you've become an actor because it's your way of hiding in plain sight, there's still part of you which has that craving.

Before 'Gremlins,' I was a normal person, then within two weeks of the movie coming out, I couldn't walk into a store without people turning around and staring. It's exciting and also scary because everyone starts telling you how amazing you are.

I want as many people as possible to hear my music. I'm happy to entertain people by being a star.

I remember walking out in front of that crowd, all the parents' faces and the applause, and folding my little self in half and thinking, 'I could get used to this.' And I just never stopped.

I could never just play in a pub in front of four people because I would have had all the press turn up. That way, you don't get to build up naturally. It makes the work feel unnatural, and puts a lot of unnatural pressure on you.

Don't get me wrong. I don't take anything for granted. But it seems like the better I play, the more attention I get. And I can't get away from it. You play great, you get attention. But I hate attention. It is weird. I'm in a bind. The more you win, the more they come.

Some people are better at handling the limelight than others.

Once you sit in front of people and start playing songs, it's all on you. No matter what happens, it's entirely your responsibility the entire time. I like that intensity.

There was an enormous amount of pressure when my first album took off, and I struggled with the speed of everything and the exhaustion from the constant touring.

Since I was 20 years old, I've been a kind of corporation. I'd wake up in the morning and my job was to be 'Bonnie Raitt' in capital letters.

Basically, I live to do gigs.

I still get surprised that people don't know that I sing.

There have been artists who've sold out arenas one year, and the next they can't fill a theatre. There's always more to achieve.

A lot of backup singers are really shy and don't want their life documented. They're not pining to be celebrity. They've had a front-row look at celebrity for a long time, and most people find out it's not for them.