There are times, like with Dire Straits, where you can get as close as you can be to being good at your… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When we made 'North Hills,' I had never heard Warren Zevon, and I never heard the Grateful Dead. I had never heard… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
A song like 'Telescope' was about a friend of mine. He doesn't know it's about him. — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Like for me, it's funny that I have ended up in so many side projects because I have always looked at any… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Well, I think at first, songs were sort of the vehicle which allowed me to be on the stage and get to… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Bands speak for us in this inevitable way that you can't get anywhere else because it is this perfect balance of artistic… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When we record a song, like 'Bedside Manner,' it's important that the next time I write a somber, mid-tempo song that we… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Unfortunately it's easy to just label us as part of a Laurel Canyon sound. What we try to do is to be… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Dawes is a rock 'n' roll band playing guitars, writing songs, working in a certain tradition. Through our attitude and personality, I… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I write these songs and I like the idea of letting the band interpret it as they will. This band is like… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
You write a song; you know what you want it to sound like. With a band like ours, it's more about the… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I understand why some bands don't like test new songs, but for us it's been very helpful and it hasn't really backfired.… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I'm hoping that when people hear a live Dawes song on YouTube or at a show and then they get that studio… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I think that the oversaturation of music market right now will eventually start taking care of itself, where some bands are like,… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I don't really work on songs when we're touring because there's just too much other stuff going on. — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I think there are ways a place can sneak its way into a song, or a feeling that you take into the… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
We've always been fans of groups like Little Feat, Steely Dan, the Eagles, or Dire Straits that have that quality. Bands that… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When I think of bands that have maintained a certain level of success all along - Metallica, or the Red Hot Chili… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When I hear my favorite songwriters write about things they clearly have not experienced, like "Isis" by Bob Dylan or a lot… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Our dad was a singer and keyboardist and was in bands throughout his whole life. He was in a band called Sweathog… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I know some bands that don't like touring and are able to make a living producing other bands. There are a lot… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
We let the lyrics be the focus of the song. Which is not what you hear with some of the zeitgeisty bands,… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Books look handsome and it's a real singular experience getting to go to a bookstore. I don't want to not do that. — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I was 21, and I was like, "Man, am I really gonna start over and try this whole thing over again? Do I want… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Dawes is a rock 'n' roll band playing guitars, writing songs, working in a certain tradition. Through our attitude and personality, I hope, you… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I've always been a little more narrative, a little more linear, a little more direct. People instantly want to classify that as something retro.… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Laurel Canyon and Dawes have become linked in a way that I think is misguided, frankly, to tell a new fan what we sound… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I think that there's a singular emotion that goes along with what the bands that we love mean to us. I feel like people… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When we record a song, like 'Bedside Manner,' it's important that the next time I write a somber, mid-tempo song that we don't treat… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Slash is one of the greatest guitar players I've ever heard, and it's amazing when you hear about all the crazy stuff he's done. — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
The one thing I worry about with that is whether or not we're edgy enough for the young kids. You know, does a 20-year-old… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I'm in my early thirties. I live in Los Angeles, California. I'm an artist. — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
And so to me, I've always thought the kinds of fans that I want is the kind of fan that I am, which is… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I was learning guitar as the band was beginning, at least in terms of being a lead guitar player. I could write songs, but… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
