Zachary Cole Smith Quotes

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• It's so easy to hate something. It's harder to genuinely appreciate something.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Hate, Appreciate, Easy

  "Interview: DIIV On Their Sophomore Album, 'Is The Is Are'". Interview With Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.

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• Obviously there's so much about me on the Internet that you can turn against me, and you can make me into any person you want.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Want, Internet, Turns

  "Interview: DIIV On Their Sophomore Album, 'Is The Is Are'". Interview With Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.

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• It's pretty easy to lose money on tour - most bands do on their first couple of tours. We're more established, but I think it was just poorly booked. It was a mess from the get-go.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Couple, Thinking, Band

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Thinking, Self, Who I Am

  "Interview: Diiv On Their Sophomore Album, 'Is The Is Are'". Interview with Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.

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• 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 almost anonymous.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Albums, Records, Lasts

  "Interview: DIIV On Their Sophomore Album, 'Is The Is Are'". Interview With Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.

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• 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."

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Ideas, California, Guitar

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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 relationships or somebody leaving you or something, a lot of lyrics are partly about failed relationships I'd had, but they were also about my Dad, and being abandoned as a kid.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Dad, Writing, Kids

  "Interview: DIIV On Their Sophomore Album, 'Is The Is Are'". Interview With Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.

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• 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 to make music is a great gift.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Done, Records, Able

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• 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.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Opportunity, People, Freedom Of Speech

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• There are a million things out there every single day that trigger me - songs, smells, even the season that we're in, fall. Something about the air.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Song, Fall, Air

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Music is much more of a multimedia sort of thing than I expected.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Multimedia, Music Is, Expected

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• It's totally true: Ariel, Christopher Owens, me, and Courtney Love, all in Saint Laurent ads, all with the same haircut.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Saint, Ariel, Courtney

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I'm like part of the Kurt Cobain school of writing lyrics, which is the syntax of the words is more important than... is where it all comes from.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Writing, School, Important

  "Interview: Diiv On Their Sophomore Album, 'Is The Is Are'". Interview with Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.

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• 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

  Thinking, Emotion, Fear Of Death

  "Interview: DIIV On Their Sophomore Album, 'Is The Is Are'". Interview with Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.

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• It's this funny thing now: You sign up to be a musician because you want to write music, but you don't spend your time writing music. Instead, you go around the world selling the music you've already made.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Writing, Funny Things, Musician

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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 chance happenings, so I just fell into it.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Believe, Passion, Mean

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  People, Giving, Different

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Three years between records is longer than average. Double albums are much more of a statement. I really wanted to put myself out there as much as I possibly could.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Average, Years, Albums

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• My mom worked at [American] Vogue before I was born. She has always been fashion-minded. I grew up with original Yves Saint Laurent sketches on the wall in our house. A lot of that rubbed off on me.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Mom, Fashion, Wall

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You can't show somebody what it's like to experience loss, but you can soundtrack it and help them experience their own loss. I am so lucky to have this venue to be able to say and talk about all the stuff I've been through.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Loss, Lucky, Able

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Thinking, People, Savages

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  People, Listening, Attention

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• 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.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Dark, Thinking, People

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• I grew up around fashion - my mom was an editor for Vogue. Compared to the music industry, though, I'd say [fashion] is a little bit more disorganized. But it's exciting for me because, when you're a performer, there is a fashion element.

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Mom, Fashion, Editors

  Source: pitchfork.com

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

  Zachary Cole Smith

  Ysl, Sky, Creative

  Source: pitchfork.com

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