We've just always felt like we had a product onstage that represented us. — 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
We're thrilled to play an offbeat place. Our music fits with it. I love playing unusual venues. — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I love Santa Barbara and have always dreamed of someday having enough money to have a spot up there. — 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 love the idea of having a beer with a lot of the musicians I admire. — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Sometimes songwriting can turn into a gossip column, and I try to avoid that as much as I can. — Taylor Goldsmith Gossip 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 Artistic expression Copy Share Image
That's happened a couple times: Billy Joel. It was just, "You sound like Billy Joel." And I get really upset about that.… — Taylor Goldsmith Couple Copy Share Image
So, hopefully, us finding ways to constantly work, but always with a different product, will help our band play to more people… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When people do, or say, things we don't believe in, forgiveness can feel disgusting. But when you try to think of someone… — 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… — Taylor Goldsmith Dad Copy Share Image
But when you're six records deep, every record has one or two songs that need to be in every set, so you're… — 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
Slash is one of the greatest guitar players I've ever heard, and it's amazing when you hear about all the crazy stuff… — Taylor Goldsmith Amazing Copy Share Image
I think it's important to always stay critical. But rather than dwelling on it and wishing I could change something, it's important… — Taylor Goldsmith Change 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
When I think of bands that have maintained a certain level of success all along - Metallica, or the Red Hot Chili… — Taylor Goldsmith Bands Copy Share Image
It's not a lot, but we have 8,000 people following us. I get the biggest kick out of it, to hear words… — Taylor Goldsmith Honor 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
I aspire to be someone like Gillian Welch. What she does is play part of a group with two acoustic guitars with… — Taylor Goldsmith Acoustic guitar Copy Share Image
I know a lot of bands that will make their first record and get to a certain level, and then when the… — Taylor Goldsmith Bands Copy Share Image
I feel like a lot of artists, when they're on their fourth record, they're perceived as the old guys. At least in… — Taylor Goldsmith Age 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… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When we were putting together 'One Of Us,' we were just following our impulses and what felt good. — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When you go back and listen to 30 years of Tom Petty records, they are pretty consistent. I love that. — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I'm in my early thirties. I live in Los Angeles, California. I'm an artist. — Taylor Goldsmith Art Copy Share Image
I actually like social media, and I recognize what modern technology serves. — Taylor Goldsmith Media 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
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
When you see yourself as the center of things, it deprives you of a certain level of empathy. — Taylor Goldsmith Empathy Copy Share Image
All of the people we admire have extensive catalogs, so what's most exciting about people responding well to the band is allowing… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I have big plans to read books over again, but I've never re-read anything. The only books I've read over again are… — Taylor Goldsmith Attention Copy Share Image
Growing up, even finding all those notes that you write in first grade to your future self of like what you want… — Taylor Goldsmith Future 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
I get the biggest kick out of it, to hear words that I wrote and chords that I wrote being sung by… — Taylor Goldsmith Being Copy Share Image
And rather than judging and alienating others, I do think there's an opportunity that no one is taking, myself included, to actually… — 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 Attitude 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
