What I wanted was just to make music, and so, originally I just wanted to hide behind the album cover of the last record, and I wanted it to be almos…

- 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…

- 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…

- Zachary Cole Smith

I'm glad that, despite everything, I was able to get work done and finish something. I never finish anything. So just being able to finish record and…

- Zachary Cole Smith

I didn't want the lyrics to be about specific things in my life, I wanted them to be about generalised experiences I'd had. So when I'm writing about…

- Zachary Cole Smith

I don't think fear necessarily is a core human emotion, but I do think fear of death is something that is at the core of every person's existence.

- Zachary Cole Smith

I wouldn't say music is my passion, or my calling, or anything like that. I mean, I don't really believe in that kind of stuff. Life is a series of c…

- 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 l…

- Zachary Cole Smith

[YSL creative director] Hedi [Slimane] is a music-obsessed guy. I might've originally met him through Sky.

- Zachary Cole Smith