My songs used to be significantly more bizarre. I used to play a big electric piano and a loop pedal. I was… — Dan Smith Bedroom Copy Share Image
I remember being obsessed with 'The Score' by The Fugees. I used to listen to a lot of really melodic music with… — Dan Smith Beach Copy Share Image
After everyone's gone to bed, I still find myself sitting at the computer writing songs. It's a nice reminder that this has… — Dan Smith Find 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 Maybe 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… — Dan Smith Cinema Copy Share Image
I love wearing Converse or Vans and wear a lot of bombers or denim jackets. I'm also a bit of loser, so… — Dan Smith Band 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 Film 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 Joy 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 Music 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 Feelings Copy Share Image
Playing new songs at festivals is weird, obviously. People at festivals are always a bit drunk, and probably just want to hear… — Dan Smith Drunk Copy Share Image
I really like people to be able to interpret stuff in their own way, I like the ambiguity of the medium. We're… — Dan Smith Ambiguity Copy Share Image
“Human nature is human nature. We subject ourselves to things we know we might not be able to endure. We do it… — Dan Smith Human Copy Share Image
I'm quite a reserved person, but when it comes to being on stage, something just clicks, and I sort of run around… — Dan Smith Dancing Copy Share Image
I think basically, there are some bands and acts who feel the need to cultivate a persona or act a certain way… — Dan Smith Band Copy Share Image
I think there's some people that absolutely love attention, and I'm not necessarily one of those people, but we're so, so lucky… — Dan Smith Amazing Copy Share Image
I'm massively obsessed with Frank Ocean, so it's always great when he decides to release music. — Dan Smith Always Copy Share Image
The Backstreet Boys posted a cover of our single 'Good Grief.' It was so cool, and they reached out to us, saying,… — Dan Smith Backstreet boys 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 Appreciation Copy Share Image
One of the best things about being in a band is that we're so lucky to be able to travel the world.… — Dan Smith Band 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 About Copy Share Image
'Saturday Night Live' was 100% the most surreal TV we've ever done. Leonardo DiCaprio was on the same show. — Dan Smith Done Copy Share Image
'Fire Walk With Me' was so divisive because the tone was so different than the TV series. But now television is almost… — Dan Smith Cinema Copy Share Image
I don't necessarily feel 100 per cent comfortable standing up on stage in front of lots of people, but I don't think… — Dan Smith Bedroom 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 Ambition 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 Band Copy Share Image
