I'm hoping that when people hear a live Dawes song on YouTube or at a show and then they get that studio version, hopefully they're excited, rather t…

- Taylor Goldsmith

Dawes kind of, on purpose, were like, "Let's realize that we're going to make less money, but let's try to get as many fans from as many kind of demo…

- Taylor Goldsmith

When I hear my favorite songwriters write about things they clearly have not experienced, like "Isis" by Bob Dylan or a lot of Bruce Springsteen song…

- Taylor Goldsmith

I know a lot of bands that will make their first record and get to a certain level, and then when the second record comes out, they can start where t…

- Taylor Goldsmith

That's happened a couple times: Billy Joel. It was just, "You sound like Billy Joel." And I get really upset about that. No offense to that guy, but …

- Taylor Goldsmith

The one thing I worry about with that is whether or not we're edgy enough for the young kids. You know, does a 20-year-old like the fact that he can …

- Taylor Goldsmith

I was 21, and I was like, "Man, am I really gonna start over and try this whole thing over again? Do I want to start over and be in a rock band again…

- Taylor Goldsmith

I understand why some bands don't like test new songs, but for us it's been very helpful and it hasn't really backfired. I was nervous that our secon…

- Taylor Goldsmith

It's not a lot, but we have 8,000 people following us. I get the biggest kick out of it, to hear words that I wrote and chords that I wrote being sun…

- Taylor Goldsmith