I was obsessed with harmonies and how to put songs together in lush soundscapes. But I don't know what it was all… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
In 'Good Grief', in trying to create this sense of the huge downs and ups, stumbles of this process, we're almost using… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I write songs, but the guys play on them, they have opinions on them, and we tour together and spend all our… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
The mixtapes, and a lot of our music, it comes from a place of fandom and appreciation and of respect and of… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
When we started making mixtapes, we were just ripping stuff off YouTube and DVDs, naively thinking that because we were putting it… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
There haven't been many examples of times when we've done a cover and not put it out in some form. — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
To be honest, I'm always really interested when people say they can relate to our songs. On the first album, that wasn't… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
There are moments, when you're playing your songs to thousands of people, which are amazingly satisfying. I'm very self-critical, so I find… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
When we first started out we only had five or six songs we could play live, so if we ever got an… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
My songs used to be significantly more bizarre. I used to play a big electric piano and a loop pedal. I was… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
Often, with our music, there's quite a lot going on, so people hear melodies that sound up and catchy, and production, and… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
Reading interviews with other people, I see them say, 'All I want is for our band to be massive', but it was… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I guess the way people release music and the way people listen to it has changed and is changing constantly. We wanna… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I've never been interested in diarising my life through song. So much stuff has been done before. So many people have brilliantly… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
It's fun to take songs from a completely different context and reframe them. We did two mixtape albums called 'Other People's Heartache'… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
There's always room to make stuff that is completely morose and downbeat, but we'd probably spiral into a state of complete despair… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
It was ages ago now, but when we started Bastille, I didn't necessarily want people to know or care if it was… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I once went on a date where the girl drove and so couldn't drink. I was nervous, so drank quite a bit - it… — Dan Smith Copy Share
I run our Twitter and Facebook pages, because I feel it's important to maintain a personal relationship with fans. — Dan Smith Copy Share
When we started out in the U.K., there were songs that we made, we put them on the Internet, and we immediately started touring… — Dan Smith Copy Share
I write songs, but the guys play on them, they have opinions on them, and we tour together and spend all our time together. — Dan Smith Copy Share
We've been having a great time writing for other artists in and amongst making our Bastille albums and mixtapes. — Dan Smith Copy Share
Playing new songs at festivals is weird, obviously. People at festivals are always a bit drunk, and probably just want to hear stuff they… — Dan Smith Copy Share
'The Shining' is operatic and sensational and... really shocking. It has this amazing meld of classical music and modern interpretations of classical music, and… — Dan Smith Copy Share
Most friendship groups will have someone who starts a new relationship, and you just don't see them for four months. And that's always kind… — Dan Smith Copy Share
I love David Lynch's style. Someone once thought I was his son, so I must have been doing an alright job at emulating it. — Dan Smith Copy Share
I love the studio. I love writing and producing both for us and for other people. — Dan Smith Copy Share
Often, with our music, there's quite a lot going on, so people hear melodies that sound up and catchy, and production, and maybe don't… — Dan Smith Copy Share
It was quite nice having a routine, going to the studio every day and finishing off 'Wild World'. — Dan Smith Copy Share
I guess the way people release music and the way people listen to it has changed and is changing constantly. We wanna get the… — Dan Smith Copy Share
When 'Flaws' went to No 21, we thought it was the most chart-bothering thing we'd ever do. We had a little party and started… — Dan Smith Copy Share
