The first turning point, when I stopped doing things by myself and the Bastille project began, was the inclusion of more electronic… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I run our Twitter and Facebook pages, because I feel it's important to maintain a personal relationship with fans. — Dan Smith Facebook Copy Share Image
There haven't been many examples of times when we've done a cover and not put it out in some form. — Dan Smith 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 Copy Share Image
There are so many different points to 'Wild World,' and it sounds quite different to what people would expect from us. — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
IHeartRadio was a mind-blowing experience. We're just this little band in England, and we played in between Alicia Keys and Nicki Minaj.… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
Mark Crew, the only producer we've ever worked with, has been joining us on tour as often as possible. — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
'The Shining' is operatic and sensational and... really shocking. It has this amazing meld of classical music and modern interpretations of classical… — Dan Smith Amazing Copy Share Image
It's such an interesting experience seeing how different people react to music and the generosity of some and the craziness of others… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
Most friendship groups will have someone who starts a new relationship, and you just don't see them for four months. And that's… — Dan Smith Friendship Copy Share Image
When we started out in the U.K., there were songs that we made, we put them on the Internet, and we immediately… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
When we first started out we only had five or six songs we could play live, so if we ever got an… — Dan Smith City 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 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
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 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
“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 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
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 love wearing Converse or Vans and wear a lot of bombers or denim jackets. I'm also a bit of loser, so… — Dan Smith 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
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
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
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 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
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 Copy Share Image
