We haven't done anything like this for a long time. It's been very special for us and it's a pleasure to do something different, it is nice that we all live in London, we can walk into a tube and come to a gig. Dan Smith More Quotes by Dan Smith More Quotes From Dan Smith 'Saturday Night Live' was 100% the most surreal TV we've ever done. Leonardo DiCaprio was on the same show. Dan Smith livesaturdaydonenight It would be wicked to do a mad '90s tune and make it a duet with Rihanna. I love her new album 'Anti.' I'm into quite dark R&B. Dan Smith newmaddarklove It was ages ago now, but when we started Bastille, I didn't necessarily want people to know or care if it was a band, and it came from a place, really, of just much rather having people listen to the songs rather than caring about the people making it. Dan Smith placecarecaringpeople Often, with our music, there's quite a lot going on, so people hear melodies that sound up and catchy, and production, and maybe don't really listen to what the songs are about, so it's nice to sing a song like 'The Currents' and really mean it. Dan Smith musicnicesongpeople The idea of doing film and music together is an absolute dream. Dan Smith doingmusictogetherdream Lip synching in a video is usually my idea of hell. Dan Smith lipideahellvideo I've never been interested in diarising my life through song. So much stuff has been done before. So many people have brilliantly articulated the pain of heartbreak or the joy of love or whatever. Those elements exist in our music, but I guess I strive to write about unconventional things instead. Dan Smith my-lifemusiclovelife When we started making mixtapes, we were just ripping stuff off YouTube and DVDs, naively thinking that because we were putting it up for free, it was gonna be fine. Dan Smith youtubefreefinethinking Our favourite album that we always listen to in the car is '2001' by Dr. Dre, which is just the ultimate album of all time. Dan Smith listenalwayscartime A lot of our songs are based in reality but imagined or using fictional characters as a way to write about something. I think inspiration comes from anything and everything, and it's filtered through our brains, and it comes out sounding like our band. Dan Smith everythingthinkrealityway
