Band Quote by Noel Gallagher

The Smiths did that well, putting words in pop songs you wouldn't hear anywhere else.

— James Righton

I like The Smiths - I would love to do a song with The Smiths, because they are so sonically different.

— Angel Haze

We heard about the Smiths later, through friends. What attracted us was how they could get across the meaning of the lyric through the…

— Spencer Smith

The Smiths hasn't been equaled. That goes for the composition of the songs, the lyrics, and the performance.

— Jeff Buckley

The Smiths are singing and someone says "Turn that gay angst music off.

— Bret Easton Ellis

I don't want to hear from a band that pretty much sounds like another band. Oh I've heared this riff before, or I've heared…

— Gordon Raphael

I like The Smiths as well. They took a cue from The Buzzcocks. They have jangly guitars instead of distorted guitars. All the Manchester…

— Steve Diggle

I have so much pride and love for the songs of The Smiths. However, I must ask you, if you come across any Smiths…

— Steven Morrissey

Smiths songs certainly have an astonishing afterlife.

— Anonymous

I've never really heard anybody imitating anything of mine the way they do with Edward Van Halen's stuff.

— Steve Vai

You could say, 'Oh, we're gonna write the heaviest album of all time' or 'We're gonna write an album that sounds like 'Iowa.'' Even…

— Jim Root

We want to do songs that people don't normally hear in cover bands.

— Tom Sandoval