There's a lot of variety in our gigs, our records, our mixtapes, and our videos. — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I love the studio. I love writing and producing both for us and for other people. — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I listen to unhealthy amount of Kanye. The Fugees. Also, 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.' — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I'm massively obsessed with Frank Ocean, so it's always great when he decides to release music. — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I made a lot of the first album on a laptop in my bedroom after college and after work. — Dan Smith Album Copy Share Image
When we started making mixtapes, we were just ripping stuff off YouTube and DVDs, naively thinking that because we were putting it… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's necessary for your sanity to hone in on the things that you love and the people you enjoy hanging out… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I write songs, but the guys play on them, they have opinions on them, and we tour together and spend all our… — Dan Smith Music 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
It was quite nice having a routine, going to the studio every day and finishing off 'Wild World'. — Dan Smith Day 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 Copy Share Image
I'm into really terrible, trashy American horror films. I think the 'Final Destination' 'sinquology', to phrase it, is brilliant! It's un-toppable in… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
We've been having a great time writing for other artists in and amongst making our Bastille albums and mixtapes. — Dan Smith Albums 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
My songs used to be significantly more bizarre. I used to play a big electric piano and a loop pedal. I was… — Dan Smith 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 Copy Share Image
A lot of our songs are based in reality but imagined or using fictional characters as a way to write about something.… — Dan Smith 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 Copy Share Image
I generally wear a lot of black clothes, and I think that comes from wanting to be as neutral as possible. We… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in writing overtly autobiographical songs. I would rather explore interesting stories. I like the idea of the songs being… — Dan Smith Film Copy Share Image
There's definitely a couple of people I'll play stuff to when it's nearly finished just to see what they think; Mark, our… — Dan Smith Australian Copy Share Image
We love to visit Las Vegas. It is so much fun, so iconic; it is always a pleasure. — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
Whenever we're on the red carpet, we look like competition winners. It's a joke. — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with harmonies and how to put songs together in lush soundscapes. But I don't know what it was all… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
When 'Flaws' went to No 21, we thought it was the most chart-bothering thing we'd ever do. We had a little party… — Dan Smith Flaws Copy Share Image
In 'Good Grief', in trying to create this sense of the huge downs and ups, stumbles of this process, we're almost using… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
There are moments, when you're playing your songs to thousands of people, which are amazingly satisfying. I'm very self-critical, so I find… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
Our favourite album that we always listen to in the car is '2001' by Dr. Dre, which is just the ultimate album… — Dan Smith Album Copy Share Image
It would be wicked to do a mad '90s tune and make it a duet with Rihanna. I love her new album… — Dan Smith Dark Copy Share Image
I love David Lynch's style. Someone once thought I was his son, so I must have been doing an alright job at… — Dan Smith 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 Copy Share Image
There's a part of me that wants to let all the different moments of 'Wild World' to have their moment and be… — Dan Smith 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
'Saturday Night Live' was 100% the most surreal TV we've ever done. Leonardo DiCaprio was on the same show. — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
