35 Quotes by Dean Lewis

I grew up listening to Oasis and The Verve; English music was huge in my house.

I'm very lucky to have signed to Island records U.S.A. It's one of those pinch yourself moments.

When you first start out, it's a big thing you're always like 'does my voice sound good?'

I mean, sometimes it's really good to listen to something like Tom Petty, that's purely blissed out. But that's not me.

You can write a song for someone, and then their mom doesn't like it, and then it doesn't get released. It could be the best song that you've ever written. I hated that, because I didn't have any control.

I can write a happy song, but there has to be some sort of twist. Otherwise it feels a bit cheesy.

The day I write a totally happy song... I'll retire.

People know my song but they don't know the guy who sings the song.

There's Sia and 5 Seconds of Summer but that's sort of it, nobody from Australia really has success in America, and to have a song go so well on radio, you start to have success and you think, 'Oh God, I don't want to lose that!'