We kind of still see ourselves as a new band and it is probably quite sad that we are not seen as one anymore. Dan Smith More Quotes by Dan Smith More Quotes From Dan Smith There is very distinctly a case for this in the age of fake news. Dan Smith top-news 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 entertainment We want to make a record that is completely different from the last one, we hope it will be an evolution of what we have done before. Dan Smith entertainment The big part of that was our contribution to War Child, of course, because, you know, our job is completely ridiculous and is a bit of a joke, so anything that we can do to get involved with something serious like that is nice. Dan Smith entertainment I love wearing Converse or Vans and wear a lot of bombers or denim jackets. I'm also a bit of loser, so wear a lot of film and band T-shirts. My friends say that I look like a cartoon character because I'm always wearing the same kind of stuff. Dan Smith look friends love character It's such an interesting experience seeing how different people react to music and the generosity of some and the craziness of others - people who go see bands in different countries, know all the words to the songs, and get tattoos. It's so unexpected. Dan Smith words experience music people Most friendship groups will have someone who starts a new relationship, and you just don't see them for four months. And that's always kind of sad, almost like an inverted break up. I guess the ideal situation is that whoever the new partner is can be subsumed into the friendship group. Dan Smith you sad relationship friendship I generally wear a lot of black clothes, and I think that comes from wanting to be as neutral as possible. We use a lot of visuals on stage, so I kind of hope people are watching those and not looking at me. Dan Smith me black hope people Sometimes it's necessary for your sanity to hone in on the things that you love and the people you enjoy hanging out with. Dan Smith you enjoy love people Playing new songs at festivals is weird, obviously. People at festivals are always a bit drunk, and probably just want to hear stuff they know by bands they love, or are checking you out and don't know your stuff very well. Dan Smith you drunk love people Whenever we're on the red carpet, we look like competition winners. It's a joke. Dan Smith joke look competition red There are moments, when you're playing your songs to thousands of people, which are amazingly satisfying. I'm very self-critical, so I find it hard to go along with moments like that. Dan Smith your you moments people I love David Lynch's style. Someone once thought I was his son, so I must have been doing an alright job at emulating it. Dan Smith job style love son I once went on a date where the girl drove and so couldn't drink. I was nervous, so drank quite a bit - it didn't end amazingly. As much as I love movies, I think cinema dates can be weird because you essentially sit next to each other in silence for a couple of hours. Dan Smith you girl silence love I don't necessarily feel 100 per cent comfortable standing up on stage in front of lots of people, but I don't think most people would. It's a pretty bizarre thing to do. It can also be absolutely incredible having thousands of people singing back lyrics that you might have written in your bedroom or wherever. Dan Smith feel you singing people There's a lot of variety in our gigs, our records, our mixtapes, and our videos. Dan Smith videos our variety records I love the studio. I love writing and producing both for us and for other people. Dan Smith us writing love people I'm quite a reserved person, but when it comes to being on stage, something just clicks, and I sort of run around like a mad man. I find myself jumping in the crowd, climbing up on things, and dancing absolutely atrociously. I like to see the whites of everybody's eyes, jump around with everybody. Dan Smith eyes myself man mad When we first started out we only had five or six songs we could play live, so if we ever got an encore, we used to do our cover of City High's 'What Would You Do?' We'd be playing it and people's mouths would be moving singing all the words, but they'd be thinking, Where is this song from? It's such a brilliant pop song but the lyrics are so dark. Dan Smith you singing song people I'm a massive pessimist. Dan Smith massive pessimist
