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" People are buying music from 12-year-olds. No one realizes they didn't create this. They didn't write this. They didn't make this. All they have to do is press play, and you have a band. "

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" We never claimed to be a Christian band; we just were outspoken about our faith. It's not like we knew there was a scene. "

Sonny Sandoval

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" Music and video games go hand in hand. "

Sonny Sandoval

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" I'm trying to make sure that for myself and for my family, I'm staying as close to the heart of God that I possibly can. "

" I'm a laid-back, shy kinda dude, and it wasn't until when I was 19 that my life kind of changed. "

" I go to the local record store to buy my albums. "

" My grandmother and mother were from Italy, so I was raised Catholic. That kind of just meant going to church on Easter and Christmas. I saw a radical transformation in my family when they started going to a Christian church. I watched them fall in love with God. "

" It's important to tour with bands that you get along with. "

" Even before the mainstream knew about P.O.D., we were going for several years underground. For me, those were the times where it really was about the music and really about the fan base. "

" I grew up in Imperial Beach, surfing and going to the beach - my son plays baseball at the park. "

" I remember hearing, back in the day, so-and-so got a deal, and bands are spending the money. Some of them live in the old days, where money is coming in and budgets are endless, but bands have to pay that back. Some bands just don't realize that. "

" Some kid who thinks he's cool can say, 'Hey, I'm down with Jah.' It's the same thing as saying, 'I'm down with God.' If it's easier for you to relate that way, then cool. "

" I became a Christian when I was 19, and it wasn't like I was raised with the church. "

Sonny Sandoval

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" We're not a typical Christian band. We've got dreadlocks and tattoos. "

" We don't need a resume to come to God. It's not our good deeds. We come broken, and we need a savior. "

" When you become a Christian, all of a sudden you start to live on this rapture mentality, like tomorrow the world's going to end. You live in that frenzy. We come from the streets, so the mentality was like, 'Yo, dude, what's up? You're not going to tell me I'm not down with God. What's up!' "

" A lot of bands just entertain you. I'm all about entertainment - I do it every day - but there's only certain things in your life that stick around. I think P.O.D. has done that for a lot of people, and I'm happy for that. "

" I could have continued to get into trouble, but I wanted to do something positive with myself - and music is the best way. "

" If you look at these bands like The Beatles, they did something that was new for that time, whether it was shocking or just a new direction that they were going. "

Sonny Sandoval

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" I listen to a lot of old-school worship music. "

" If we do a record, and there's a reggae song, it's not shocking to us. If we do an all hip-hop song, it's not shocking to us. We all listen to that sort of music. It's not about what's in at the time; it's what feels right to us and what we're comfortable in doing. "

" Kanye West deceives many and will lead many people astray. "

" I'm really not the biggest metal fan as it is. I'm more of a hard-street-punk kind of kid, but I also loved hip hop and reggae music, so we have always sort of refused a street style that is something that we are used to. Something that makes us comfortable and sounds good to us. "

" I'm a daddy first; I'm a husband, and I'm a lover of God and people. "

" When I joined this band, I never thought of myself as a singer. I just did whatever I could, which was rap. And then, over time, I've grown, and we've developed and tried different things. It all happened gradually and naturally. "

" We don't tell you what to think or believe in. That's not our job. We're rock musicians. Our job is to rock. "

" When we first started, I didn't know there was Christian rock or Christian music. I just thought we were a rock band that stuck to our convictions... Like every other hardcore band out there sang or screamed what they thought, we did the same thing. "

" We will not go out there and make negative music for selfish gain. "

" At every Ozzfest show, there's horns and devils somewhere; there's some kind of darkness somewhere. But the thing is, this is a stage, homey, and those fools are entertainers. And you know what, it shows! It's fake. "

" It's a dying art to play live anymore and just play raw. Who cares if you make a mistake? That's punk rock. Just go out and go for it and make some noise. "