There's a cafe in Mosman near where I lived and if I have any days off I go there at 10 in the morning with my notebook, sit in the same chair, order the same breakfast and coffee, write my thoughts down, and chat, have the same conversation with the owner.

Dean Lewis

I always, always go to my brother Rhys's house whenever something goes wrong and he'll always say 'you'll be alright, forget about it.'

Dean Lewis

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

Dean Lewis

I wasn't the kind of guy who was like 'here's my demo,' or 'listen to my demo.' I just never thought it was that good.

Dean Lewis

I have this unyielding desire to do high-quality work.

Dean Lewis

I spent five years watching every Noel Gallagher video that was on YouTube.

Dean Lewis

I guess I'm a pretty honest person, but I think my friends were surprised when they heard my stuff for the first time. I'm not super expressive when I'm just going about my life.

Dean Lewis

Having all this success in Australia is life-changing and incredible and has given me the opportunity to come to the U.S. and get started over here.

Dean Lewis

I started realizing that when I played festivals I didn't want to be writing all these down, sad songs.

Dean Lewis

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

Dean Lewis

I just want to prove myself.

Dean Lewis

There's only been a very few times when I'm recording something and I get shivers.

Dean Lewis

When something is great, then you can sit back after the work is done and relax, but during the process I definitely am making sure everything is really, really good.

Dean Lewis

When I recorded 'Waves' I was in England, and I was there for months.

Dean Lewis

I've been writing a lot of sad songs, and I got to the point where I was like, 'You can't write another one or you're lying.'

Dean Lewis

I was writing songs in my room for like six year, not showing anyone.

Dean Lewis

The songs always have to come from a real experience.

Dean Lewis

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

Dean Lewis

There's a cafe in Mosman near where I lived and if I have any days off I go there at 10 in the morning with my notebook, sit in the same chair, order the same breakfast and coffee, write my thoughts down, and chat, have the same conversation with the owner.

Dean Lewis

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.

Dean Lewis

Especially with 'Be Alright,' that's about a bunch of relationships and some people that I'd never even met, there was some stories friend and family had told me over the years, that I put into the song.

Dean Lewis