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 Read Quote
I think there’s some people that absolutely love attention, and I’m not necessarily one of those people, but we’re so, so lucky to be able to do this with our lives. There are certain aspects that maybe are not amazing, like having to represent us. Dan Smith Read Quote
IHeartRadio was a mind-blowing experience. We’re just this little band in England, and we played in between Alicia Keys and Nicki Minaj. It was incredible and surreal. Dan Smith Read Quote
We love to visit Las Vegas. It is so much fun, so iconic; it is always a pleasure. Dan Smith Read Quote
Reading interviews with other people, I see them say, ‘All I want is for our band to be massive’, but it was never an ambition of ours to be in a band that’s this big. That’s so far from how my mind works that I find it puzzling. There’s nothing wrong with being ambitious, but we’re not. Dan Smith Read Quote
When ‘Flaws’ went to No 21, we thought it was the most chart-bothering thing we’d ever do. We had a little party and started thinking about the next album. Dan Smith Read Quote
The first turning point, when I stopped doing things by myself and the Bastille project began, was the inclusion of more electronic music into the sound. Dan Smith Read Quote
We’ve been having a great time writing for other artists in and amongst making our Bastille albums and mixtapes. Dan Smith Read Quote
I think basically, there are some bands and acts who feel the need to cultivate a persona or act a certain way or get quotes or whatever, because they feel like that helps them get promotion, and I feel like we’re a band who have always just made music that we love and kept ourselves to ourselves and got on with it. Dan Smith Read Quote
