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> [I can't wait to start something up myself that is actually about giving unsigned bands the exposure they deserve, especially when they travel so far to play the smallest gig they've ever played in their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/i-can-t-wait-to-start-something-up-myself-that-is-actually-about/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/648/dan-hawkins-27384_about_i-can-t-wait-to-start-something-up-mysel_1602078.jpg)

> [My favorite is still the one that I started off with, which is a Les Paul Standard. I've played that at every gig I've ever had. And that's my starting point in the studio.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/my-favorite-is-still-the-one-that-i-started-off-with-which-is-a-les/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/367/dan-hawkins-27384_ever_my-favorite-is-still-the-one-that-i-star_2312743.jpg)

## More by Dan Hawkins

> [You can muck around with different guitars for certain bits, but you have to have your own sound. That's your benchmark, that's your sound.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/you-can-muck-around-with-different-guitars-for-certain-bits-but-you/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [We still haven't played Madison Square Garden. That's a benchmark. Something will have gone seriously wrong if we don't play Madison Square Garden for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/we-still-haven-t-played-madison-square-garden-that-s-a-benchmark/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [Loads of computer graphics equals a terrible video in my book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/loads-of-computer-graphics-equals-a-terrible-video-in-my-book/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [After school I moved to London to get involved in music. I took the whole thing very seriously.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/after-school-i-moved-to-london-to-get-involved-in-music-i-took-the/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [We've got a long career ahead of us and it's going to be great. Trust me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/we-ve-got-a-long-career-ahead-of-us-and-it-s-going-to-be-great-trust/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [As far as the live shows go, we're not leapfrogging all the smaller venues. We would have bypassed these kind of shows and gone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/as-far-as-the-live-shows-go-we-re-not-leapfrogging-all-the-smaller/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [When we started off it was all nervous energy and we probably played everything twice as fast as we do now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/when-we-started-off-it-was-all-nervous-energy-and-we-probably-played/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [We're real people and we're a band that's been playing on the scene for a long time. We've made a lot of friends, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/we-re-real-people-and-we-re-a-band-that-s-been-playing-on-the-scene/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [I think we raised about 20,000 pounds. There was a live performance thing so we thought we'd donate the equipment for an online charity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/i-think-we-raised-about-20-000-pounds-there-was-a-live-performance/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [I can't wait to start something up myself that is actually about giving unsigned bands the exposure they deserve, especially when they travel so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/i-can-t-wait-to-start-something-up-myself-that-is-actually-about/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [The bigger we get, I think the more it's changing things, which is great, but we didn't set out to do that. We just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/the-bigger-we-get-i-think-the-more-it-s-changing-things-which-is/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [I knew from an early age exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a musician and that was it. It made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/i-knew-from-an-early-age-exactly-what-i-wanted-to-do-i-wanted-to-be-a/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [We've had a number 1 album in the UK and that was a really big thing for me. So now all we've got to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/we-ve-had-a-number-1-album-in-the-uk-and-that-was-a-really-big-thing/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [In a strange kind of way I know were really popular and probably the biggest band in the country at the moment, but at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/in-a-strange-kind-of-way-i-know-were-really-popular-and-probably-the/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

> [My favorite is still the one that I started off with, which is a Les Paul Standard. I've played that at every gig I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-hawkins/my-favorite-is-still-the-one-that-i-started-off-with-which-is-a-les/)

[Dan Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-hawkins/)

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