Dan Smith Quotes

If I do something related to English music, it will be definitely in the direction of R&B and pop.

You know, my era of DJing was the 90s. I think that was one of the best eras of music, period. From dancehall to hip hop to rock to pop to R&B to everything. I just like that era of music, so I just listen to a lot of 90s overall but definitely 90s hip hop.

I don't live in this soul music bubble. I love Young Thug, Drake, Kendrick Lamar. I even heard that Kendrick was a fan of my music. Hopefully there's a door open for us to do music together. He's one of my favorite artists. I love Jazmine Sullivan, Lianne la Havas, Usher, Ginuwine. It goes further than classic soul.

Rag 'N' Bone Man is for everybody, like Wu Tang is for the children.

I'd like to collaborate with Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige.

I have so many playlists full of Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Chris Brown.

I've been hugely inspired by Khalid, XXX, Post Malone, and The Weekend. That's the kind of sound that has really inspired me.

I was raised on African music, Harry Belafonte, and the Boston Pops. Then I got a dose of soul and hip-hop. I related to it immediately.

I'm not exclusively into R&B. I like Usher.

My music is a little bit of everything - R&B, hip-hop, EDM.

At times I put in Meek Mill and listen to some R&B, some Merengue, Dominican music. I really listen to pretty much everything.

In general, I love dance-pop music with some soul and a dash of R&B.

I listen to R&B and Hip Hop.

I want to do more R&B, more reggae, everything.

I listen to some rap music. I'm from the Bahamas so I like reggae as well. And then I slow it down with a little Frank Sinatra.

The first CD I bought was Brandy and Monica's 'The Boy Is Mine.'

I would definitely love to work with somebody like Jay Z or Rihanna.

Radio is being dominated by records that are 120 beats per minute. R&B is about groove and soul.

I like the old '90s music.

I mostly listen to very popular songs. But I'm a huge fan of Stevie Wonder, and I love jazz - Glenn Fredly, Diah Lestari - so 80% jazz, 20% mixed with everything - disco, hip hop.

All music is dance music. But when people think of dance music, they think of techno or just house. Anything you can dance to is dance music. I don't care if it's classical, funk, salsa, reggae, calypso; it's all dance music.

I like upbeat songs, and I listen to a lot of Linkin Park and Green Day. I also like hip hop and R&B artists such as Drake and Rihanna.

The sound of the '90s, to me, is a combination of soul and street - it's a feeling.

I would like to involve myself in some black music. I would like to do some blues and some gospel music. I want to try stuff from other genres and try to widen my musical base.

I definitely want to work with Thom Yorke. I want to work with Damien Marley; there's a few international artists I wouldn't mind working with - like Massacre Children would be ill, and I still have an affinity for the U.K. hip hop scene.