There's all these people involved, and it becomes this huge machine - it stops being just me making my own little songs for myself, or for the world. And it's hard to stop the machine. If you want to take… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
The idea is: You played to 100 people this week in Europe, and then next week you can play to 200. It's an investment in that territory. But it can lose money because it's very expensive to go to Europe.… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
For me, it's always been important to have the live band be one thing, and the recorded band be kind of another thing. — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
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… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
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… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
It's so easy to hate something. It's harder to genuinely appreciate something. — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
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… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
Music journalists are some of the lazy, most uninspired, dull people I've ever met... — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
It's totally true: Ariel, Christopher Owens, me, and Courtney Love, all in Saint Laurent ads, all with the same haircut. — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
Drugs are fine for you alone at home, but when it comes to being a family, which a band is, it just messes everything… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
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… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
I've already had a hard time dealing with some of the trappings of success and turned to some pretty stereotypical escape routes - ways… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
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… — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
All I'm trying to do is make music that people like and that makes people happy. — Zachary Cole Smith Copy Share Image
