Dan Smith Quotes

Some of the kids who discovered me from my 'F.E.A.R.' record or one of the U.N.K.L.E. tunes have said, 'I don't even like the Roses; I love your solo stuff.' I buzz off that.

An album represents an artist or a band or a group of musicians at any given moment in time. You just produce the music that you feel good about and hope that the audience shows some interest in it.

Radio has had my back since 'Missin' You Crazy,' which was a very traditional kind of song.

At the end of the day, I just like to make the best music that I can make and put it out to the world and see how they respond to it.

Coldplay are just four friends trying to make great music.

I just like to do covers, every once in a while. If someone pays me to go into the studio, I'll do it.

I've had offers to sign a record deal, but the people I've talked to have wanted to package me and have me meet with songwriters who've written stuff for Whitney Houston, that sort of thing. That's not at all my style.

Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist.

I've always gone back and forth between acting and music, but for music I'm not trying to be a pop star - I just like to do it.

I love Mariah Carey. Remember the breakdown? I loved the breakdown.

I never really thought I was going to be a singer, honestly. I never listened to singers; I always listened to rap music.

I feel like Sony appreciates good music from a talented artist.

From doing Power Station, it was like, it's the same guys, but it doesn't sound like them. When we were in Duran, the labels and management wanted more Duran stuff so they could sell it.

Working with Bruno Mars would be really awesome. I'm such a fan of his, and I love that he's a real artist.

My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.

I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna please, what's the outlet for it.

Sinatra was pretty astute - he used the best songwriters around, he used all the resources, he covered every song from the era basically.

There weren't a lot of career opportunities in crazy-fast hardcore punk, so you didn't have a lot of ambition, just the love and passion to play music with your friends.

When I'm sick of myself, and when I don't know what to say as a solo artist, I can write a song for a movie. When I don't know where to turn musically, being in a band - Rilo Kiley or Jenny & Johnny - the collaborative nature is really exciting.

If you don't write good music, people aren't going to listen to anything you say.

I have come to terms with the fact that it's called pop music - that's what I play, and that is what I write. I think it is a pretty broad category.

The first record we put out on Fueled by Ramon, 'The Papercut Chronicles,' we had no idea what the term 'producer' meant. It was just us writing songs, and we are trying to go back to that - singing in a room and vibing off each other.

Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do. I've done it. But I also think that you can pick great songs outside that you didn't write that can help your career.

I was king of the mountain for a long time, well, I don't want that no more. I like to perform every once in a while for people who want to see me, and cut albums of music that is what I'm really about.

I've got a few reasons why I've got to maintain stability. I've got into wanting people to hear my music. I've got something I want people to hear because I know they'll like it. They've gotta like it! The songs I've been writing are the sort of things you have to like.