“All I'm trying to do is make music that people like and that makes people happy.” PeopleTryingMaking People Happy Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“I wanted to show a different side of ourselves. I wanted to see in what ways I could explore something new. I felt like working on a double record would give people a lot to have.” PeopleWayGivingDifferentShowsWantedFeltSidesRecordsSomething NewDifferent Sides Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“I've tried to be clear about who I am, and be as open as possible with the press, and speak extremely candidly and openly about stuff. I feel like in almost every instance, it's completely backfired, and I feel like people have all these kind of absurd ideas about the way I think about myself, and my own self-identity.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsKindIdeasSelfSpeakStuffMy OwnClearIdentityPressesWho I AmAbsurdInstanceSelf Identity Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“Music journalists are some of the lazy, most uninspired, dull people I've ever met...” PeopleMetsJournalistDullLazyUninspired Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“I think that when people download the record they're kind of missing out on part of the experience, because it's really meant to be an immersive experience.” PeopleThinkingKindRecordsMissingMeant To BeReally MeanDownloadsMissing Out Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“There's all these people involved, and it becomes this huge machine - it stops being just me making my own little songs for myself, or for the world. And it's hard to stop the machine. If you want to take time to write a record, they're like, "OK, tour through March, April, and June, then you can take a few weeks off to record in July before getting back on the road for the European festival circuit." After a while, I had to put my foot down.” PeopleIfsWorldWantWritingLittlesHardSongMy OwnRecordsWeekFeetHugeInvolvedMachinesMarchTake TimeFestivalsJuneAprilJulyCircuits Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“The idea is: You played to 100 people this week in Europe, and then next week you can play to 200. It's an investment in that territory. But it can lose money because it's very expensive to go to Europe. You can't really just say, like, "Oh, we're gonna take our van and drive to California tomorrow." It's more like, "Oh, we have to fly to London and rent three guitar amps, a bass amp, drums; buy all these flights for four people; hire a driver."” PeopleIdeasPlayThreeNextLosesFourWeekTomorrowEuropeInvestmentGuitarLondonFlightCaliforniaExpensiveDriversTerritoryVansBassNext Week Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“I went with Beach Fossils and we played 40 shows because we wanted people to see us.” PeopleShowsWantedBeachFossils Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“Music is an opportunity to say every single thing that you want to say. People will pore over whatever you say and however you say it and, for me, it represents complete freedom of speech.” PeopleWantOpportunitySpeechMusic IsFreedom Of SpeechComplete FreedomWhatever You Say Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“People are going to be way more patient listening to what I have to say now. I don't have five seconds to get their attention, I have five minutes. That's a huge window.” PeopleWayAttentionFiveMinutesHugeListeningWindowPatientSecondsFive Minutes Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“Generally, I think people are just going through the motions now. There's so much stuff that people are doing today that has already been done. I kind of like that new Savages record, but I don't know why they take themselves so seriously.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindDoneTodayStuffRecordsSavages Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“I don't know if there's anything that would surprise people, because I don't think that anybody knows anything about me at all. There's not much out there. I think I'm going to come out with a pretty dark and troubled record, and it might upset some people.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsMightDarkRecordsSurpriseUpset Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“There's a lot of stuff that I've been through in my life in the past couple of months that I don't really want to share with people who are close to me, but I have no option if it's my art.” PeopleIfsWantArtPastStuffShareMonthsCouple Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“In terms of being a kind of popular artist figure and knowing how isolating that is, and knowing what it feels like to be skeptical of people, and to be taken advantage of, especially by your friends. That's a hard to pill to swallow, and we've been through that together, or watched each other go through it. It helps to have somebody that close to you who can relate. I can say with some confidence that I feel like Sky saved my life.” PeopleFeelsKindI CanHardHelpingTogetherArtistTermKnowingTakenSkyFiguresAdvantageSavedRelatePillsSkepticalTaken Advantage Author:Zachary Cole Smith
