60 Quotes by Taylor Goldsmith

Slash is one of the greatest guitar players I've ever heard, and it's amazing when you hear about all the crazy stuff he's done.

I read actual books. It's cool to read on a Kindle if that's what you want to do, but for me, I like having a bookshelf.

Growing up, even finding all those notes that you write in first grade to your future self of like what you want to be when you grow up - it was always music.

I'm in my early thirties. I live in Los Angeles, California. I'm an artist.

And that's the case with all of James McMurtry's songs. He never presents these characters for us to judge, but only to sympathize with. He has a capacity for compassion with every sketch that he makes with a person that he is not.

I feel like we're very lucky in the sense that Dawes can be the kind of band that plays with Bright Eyes or M. Ward but that also plays with Bob Dylan.

When you see a Bruce Springsteen or Tom Petty or Jackson Browne show, the impression you get is that you'd love to have a beer with them. That's the image they project.

When I think of bands that have maintained a certain level of success all along - Metallica, or the Red Hot Chili Peppers - no matter what anybody thinks about them, you have to look at them and say, 'Wow, those guys operated under the most pressure.'

I actually like social media, and I recognize what modern technology serves.