A couple of recent Van Dyke Parks interviews

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http://www.sfbg.com/noise/2014/01/24/worst-music-beats-best-bomb-conversation-legendary-composer-van-dyke-parks

http://www.theaquarian.com/2014/01/15/interview-with-van-dyke-parks-a-triumph-of-the-spirit/

The first link above is an interview done in connection with a show VDP did last weekend in Oakland with Matt Montgomery and the Awesome Orchestra; the second focuses on his recent albums.  Smile is briefly mentioned in the first interview, and discussed a bit in the second one.