Dan Smith Quotes
Born: July 14, 1986
Dan Smith is a modern master of resilience and focus, whose life’s work has become a compass for those navigating adversity. A former elite endurance athlete turned sought-after performance coach, Smith’s philosophy is forged in the crucible of personal trial—having rebuilt his career after a career-ending injury. His teachings strip away the noise of modern life, distilling success into a rigorous practice of mental clarity and unyielding persistence. Smith’s quotes resonate because they are not abstract ideals; they are battle-tested truths, offering a practical, gritty blueprint for anyone striving to rise above distraction and doubt.
Dan Smith Quotes (50)
"Whenever we're on the red carpet, we look like competition winners. It's a joke."
— Dan Smith"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"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"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"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"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"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"There's a lot of variety in our gigs, our records, our mixtapes, and our videos."
— Dan Smith"I love the studio. I love writing and producing both for us and for other people."
— Dan Smith"'Saturday Night Live' was 100% the most surreal TV we've ever done. Leonardo DiCaprio was on the same show."
— Dan Smith"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"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"The idea of doing film and music together is an absolute dream."
— Dan Smith"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"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"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"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"I remember being obsessed with 'The Score' by The Fugees. I used to listen to a lot of really melodic music with a lot of harmonies. The Beach Boys used to make me happy, and Simon and Garfunkel, and I used to listen to a lot of film soundtracks as well."
— Dan Smith"I'm into really terrible, trashy American horror films. I think the 'Final Destination' 'sinquology', to phrase it, is brilliant! It's un-toppable in terms of how incredible it is."
— Dan Smith"There's definitely a couple of people I'll play stuff to when it's nearly finished just to see what they think; Mark, our producer, his wife is Australian and just listens to the radio - she's awesome - and, I guess, is quite a casual music listener."
— Dan Smith"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"The mixtapes, and a lot of our music, it comes from a place of fandom and appreciation and of respect and of nodding toward stuff that we feel really affectionate towards."
— Dan Smith"It was quite nice having a routine, going to the studio every day and finishing off 'Wild World'."
— Dan Smith"To be honest, I'm always really interested when people say they can relate to our songs. On the first album, that wasn't something I'd ever anticipated or thought about."
— Dan Smith"There's a part of me that wants to let all the different moments of 'Wild World' to have their moment and be released properly."
— Dan Smith"There are so many different points to 'Wild World,' and it sounds quite different to what people would expect from us."
— Dan Smith