Dan Smith Quotes

Working with Babyface was legendary.

Working with Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis was crazy.

And I had such a great working experience with Paul during the 'RAM' album.

Broken Clocks' is actually a song I produced for my boy River Tiber featuring my boy Daniel Caesar.

My first album after 'American Idol' I did with Desmond - we paid for it together, and we literally were together working on it every day for a year and half, just writing. We wrote in New York, Nashville, L.A., Sweden - we wrote with some other amazing songwriters like Diane Warren, too.

I wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record... So I was just writing songs.

I tend to start with a full set of lyrics, and then my producer, Joel Little, and I work on the music collaboratively.

I'm a record producer and songwriter; I'm a problem-solver.

Yeah, I came in at the end of the Notorious album, played on about five tracks and then we went on a tour. Then we did another album, Big Thing, and then we started writing songs together in 1989.

Jeremih has been my favorite artist to collab with.

I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.

I know what it takes to put a record together, so I'm not looking for people to come in and shape it.

I've always had a lot of creative impact on the music with Timbaland.

I know right now she has no idea who I am, but I'd like to collaborate with Enya one day. Of course I'd love to work with Jay-Z, maybe even Phil Collins. I love his voice.

You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process. You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.

I am thrilled to have been able to put together this new album. I listened to everything I had recorded in the 24 years with Elektra, and then just took all the ones I am mad about.

I did this thing with Trisha Yearwood, a song called 'The Price.' I had been sitting on it for a while, because I figured, you know, this really needs a good singer.

In addition, I'm finishing a track for the movie 'Waking Up In Reno', but there are numerous other singers I look forward to recording with in the near future.

I guess we decided to make a new record 3 years ago when Nancy was done scoring for Almost Famous.

No matter what I'm doing for myself or someone else, I'm constantly writing and working on other people's albums.

I would love to work with PJ Harvey some day.

We make songs like a factory and put them out.

I would like to work with The Weeknd. That's my boy, though; that's my friend.

I've always wanted to produce a whole album for an artist.

I love writing songs for other people, and it's an honor when someone records your songs.