Sonny Sandoval Quotes

With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get up the courage to say, Can I sing this part, or, I want to play guitar. I feel like I have more courage to do that.

Always try and play with as many people as possible, even if it's not your style of music, because you will learn a lot.

I have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well.

People don't have fun making music all the time.

The whole 'School of Rock' experience was really cool, and just meeting new people from all over.

Over the years, I played with a couple of spectacular guitar players, and playing with them has made me play better than I knew how to play. I hope the same thing is true with acting.

But duets are a lot of fun, I'd love to do another one.

Allan had come down wanting to do some sort of crucial music and I'd been involved in so-called Art Music and wanted to explore other areas - we were approaching it in some quite tongue-in-cheek ways and we had a lot of fun - we spent more time laughing than playing music.

I like people that can strap on a guitar and don't sweat the fact that you have to come up with a song in an hour. I want to work with someone who won't feel like they have to play along with Jason Molina. I want them to just have the confidence.

I grew up watching 'Grease,' and 'Grease 2.' I fantasized about walking through school halls and busting out in a song. At that time, I was too much of a chicken to do so. I'd love the challenge now.

I didn't start singing until I was 16. I was afraid to sing in front of people.

I sing a lot, even with my voice.

I'm always gonna be all over my CD the most, of course. My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.

With Pearl Jam, everybody is so good at what they do, it's hard to get up the courage to say, 'Can I sing this part,' or, 'I want to play guitar.'

I love to sing. I'm learning guitar right now.

Sometimes one of us will have a riff or a bass line from home but it really gels when we come together. We really have a strong special chemistry that we take advantage of when we get together.

Bands are about these little relationships that make everything tick, and when you create new music you're testing those relationships.

I get to play with all these different players who don't necessarily approach music always the same way that I might. So I learn a lot.

I noticed that when it came time to improvise, my students would often make mistakes.

I'm slowly working up the courage to sing in front of other people, but I can carry a tune. I do some mean karaoke.

I'm enjoying the hell out of playing straight. It seems to be the case with everybody. We're having a lot more fun. The energy is going into the music now, instead of all the side trips we got into in the '70s.

I enjoy the collaboration. I always envied people in bands who got to have that interaction.

I do write. I actually do want to start my music as well. My sister and I are starting a band. I've been playing a guitar for nine years, and she plays piano, and we sing together. We're going to start up something soon. I mostly am writing songs right now actually, but I would love to write a script someday.

My first performance was in second grade with my friend Rodney Fisher, and we worked up versions of 'Long Tall Texan' and 'I Want to Hold Your Hand.' It gave me a little early confidence that I could actually do this music thing.

I'd written songs with lots of people, from one spectrum to the other.