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> [One of the 12 steps is to admit that you're powerless, but I think that's bullshit. I think it's important to empower yourself by facing the stuff that triggers you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/one-of-the-12-steps-is-to-admit-that-you-re-powerless-but-i-think/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

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## More by Zachary Cole Smith

> [For me, it's always been important to have the live band be one thing, and the recorded band be kind of another thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/for-me-it-s-always-been-important-to-have-the-live-band-be-one-thing/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [Obviously there's so much about me on the Internet that you can turn against me, and you can make me into any person you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/obviously-there-s-so-much-about-me-on-the-internet-that-you-can-turn/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [I'm glad that, despite everything, I was able to get work done and finish something. I never finish anything. So just being able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/i-m-glad-that-despite-everything-i-was-able-to-get-work-done-and/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [It's so easy to hate something. It's harder to genuinely appreciate something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/it-s-so-easy-to-hate-something-it-s-harder-to-genuinely-appreciate/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [One of the 12 steps is to admit that you're powerless, but I think that's bullshit. I think it's important to empower yourself by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/one-of-the-12-steps-is-to-admit-that-you-re-powerless-but-i-think/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [Music journalists are some of the lazy, most uninspired, dull people I've ever met...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/music-journalists-are-some-of-the-lazy-most-uninspired-dull-people-i/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [It's totally true: Ariel, Christopher Owens, me, and Courtney Love, all in Saint Laurent ads, all with the same haircut.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/it-s-totally-true-ariel-christopher-owens-me-and-courtney-love-all-in/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [Drugs are fine for you alone at home, but when it comes to being a family, which a band is, it just messes everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/drugs-are-fine-for-you-alone-at-home-but-when-it-comes-to-being-a/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [Generally, I think people are just going through the motions now. There's so much stuff that people are doing today that has already been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/generally-i-think-people-are-just-going-through-the-motions-now-there/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [I've already had a hard time dealing with some of the trappings of success and turned to some pretty stereotypical escape routes - ways…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/i-ve-already-had-a-hard-time-dealing-with-some-of-the-trappings-of/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [If I play Coachella, it's sponsored by a company - that's corporate, too. But we're playing it because we're getting paid and we want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/if-i-play-coachella-it-s-sponsored-by-a-company-that-s-corporate-too/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [All I'm trying to do is make music that people like and that makes people happy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/all-i-m-trying-to-do-is-make-music-that-people-like-and-that-makes/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [Nobody really wanted to do that one European tour. For one, it was budgeted to lose money. They would've made something, but I would've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/nobody-really-wanted-to-do-that-one-european-tour-for-one-it-was/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [There's positive attention and there's negative attention - negative attention is easy, positive attention requires actual hard work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/there-s-positive-attention-and-there-s-negative-attention-negative/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

> [It's this funny thing now: You sign up to be a musician because you want to write music, but you don't spend your time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zachary-cole-smith/it-s-this-funny-thing-now-you-sign-up-to-be-a-musician-because-you/)

[Zachary Cole Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zachary-cole-smith/)

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