There are times, like with Dire Straits, where you can get as close as you can be to being good at your… — Taylor Goldsmith Being Copy Share Image
When you see a Bruce Springsteen or Tom Petty or Jackson Browne show, the impression you get is that you'd love to… — Taylor Goldsmith Beer Copy Share Image
I wasn't really much of a reader early on, but when I first started getting into reading at around 16 all I… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
It's easy to look at kids sitting around a campfire looking at their phones and to think, 'What a shame.' But I… — Taylor Goldsmith Communication Copy Share Image
I read actual books. It's cool to read on a Kindle if that's what you want to do, but for me, I… — Taylor Goldsmith Books Copy Share Image
When we made 'North Hills,' I had never heard Warren Zevon, and I never heard the Grateful Dead. I had never heard… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I was learning guitar as the band was beginning, at least in terms of being a lead guitar player. I could write… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
We've always tried to inspire ourselves, so to speak. In the beginning, that could mean just hearing your own songs played back… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I think that the oversaturation of music market right now will eventually start taking care of itself, where some bands are like,… — Taylor Goldsmith Care Copy Share Image
And that's the case with all of James McMurtry's songs. He never presents these characters for us to judge, but only to… — Taylor Goldsmith Compassion Copy Share Image
Dawes kind of, on purpose, were like, "Let's realize that we're going to make less money, but let's try to get as… — Taylor Goldsmith Artist Copy Share Image
When I discovered Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, I could explore the records that inspired me on a different level and that… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
We let the lyrics be the focus of the song. Which is not what you hear with some of the zeitgeisty bands,… — Taylor Goldsmith Focus Copy Share Image
I'm hoping that when people hear a live Dawes song on YouTube or at a show and then they get that studio… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I understand why some bands don't like test new songs, but for us it's been very helpful and it hasn't really backfired.… — Taylor Goldsmith 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 Money Copy Share Image
We knew what music we liked but not who was from where. As we started to look more into these artists, we… — Taylor Goldsmith Art Copy Share Image
Books look handsome and it's a real singular experience getting to go to a bookstore. I don't want to not do that. — Taylor Goldsmith Book Copy Share Image
I know some bands that don't like touring and are able to make a living producing other bands. There are a lot… — Taylor Goldsmith Bands Copy Share Image
I've always been a little more narrative, a little more linear, a little more direct. People instantly want to classify that as… — Taylor Goldsmith People Copy Share Image
For five albums, I would create an image of someone that wasn't true to who they were. I'd be in love with… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
And so to me, I've always thought the kinds of fans that I want is the kind of fan that I am,… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
If what you do for a living is play drums or bass, then that defines you. You don't want to be some… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
That the longer you can work and stay in people's peripherals, the more likely folks might be to acknowledge you and know… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Laurel Canyon and Dawes have become linked in a way that I think is misguided, frankly, to tell a new fan what… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Our dad was a singer and keyboardist and was in bands throughout his whole life. He was in a band called Sweathog… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
When we record a song, like 'Bedside Manner,' it's important that the next time I write a somber, mid-tempo song that we… — Taylor Goldsmith Bedside manner Copy Share Image
I feel like we're very lucky in the sense that Dawes can be the kind of band that plays with Bright Eyes… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
You write a song; you know what you want it to sound like. With a band like ours, it's more about the… — Taylor Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I think that there's a singular emotion that goes along with what the bands that we love mean to us. I feel… — Taylor Goldsmith Books Copy Share Image
