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title: "2 Guitarist Quotes By Robert Smith"
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> [When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/when-we-started-i-wasn-t-the-singer-i-was-the-drunk-rhythm-guitarist/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

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> [Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by adults. So he represented this thing that I wanted to be. Hendrix was the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/hendrix-was-the-first-person-i-had-come-across-who-seemed-completely/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

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## Other authors on Guitarist

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-page-49993.jpg) Jimmy Page 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guitarist/jimmy-page/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ritchie-blackmore-79250.jpg) Ritchie Blackmore 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guitarist/ritchie-blackmore/)

## More by Robert Smith

> [I've discovered special makeup by a company called M.A.C. You could wear it on the surface of the sun and it wouldn't move.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/i-ve-discovered-special-makeup-by-a-company-called-m-a-c-you-could/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [There were only two times in my life when I've actually felt down about things and gotten myself into a full mental mess. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/there-were-only-two-times-in-my-life-when-i-ve-actually-felt-down/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [See the ridiculous in everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/see-the-ridiculous-in-everything/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [I really enjoy what I do, and who I'm with and where I am. Having said that, I'm not really a person of habit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/i-really-enjoy-what-i-do-and-who-i-m-with-and-where-i-am-having-said/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [I do a job I really, really love and I kind of have fun with. People think you can't be grown up unless you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/i-do-a-job-i-really-really-love-and-i-kind-of-have-fun-with-people/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/i-honestly-don-t-class-myself-as-a-songwriter-i-ve-got-musician/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [I've got a Facebook page, but I've never put anything on it. I've got a presence on all the social networks, in fact, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/i-ve-got-a-facebook-page-but-i-ve-never-put-anything-on-it-i-ve-got-a/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [I don't want The Cure to fizzle out doing 45-minute shows of greatest hits. That would be awful for our legacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/i-don-t-want-the-cure-to-fizzle-out-doing-45-minute-shows-of-greatest/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [“There is no secret so close as that between a rider and her horse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/there-is-no-secret-so-close-as-that-between-a-rider-and-her-horse/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [Both me and my wife's extended family all live within a 50-mile radius. Like me, a lot of them did time in London then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/both-me-and-my-wife-s-extended-family-all-live-within-a-50-mile/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [I think that if you become a parent, you stop being a child, and your position in relation to your parents changes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/i-think-that-if-you-become-a-parent-you-stop-being-a-child-and-your/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [I get a much more extreme reaction when I have my hair really short. I look thuggish when I shave my head and wear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/i-get-a-much-more-extreme-reaction-when-i-have-my-hair-really-short-i/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [“So I've come up with a plan,' he said quickly, as if hoping to get his idea in before I could stop him. 'I'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/so-i-ve-come-up-with-a-plan-he-said-quickly-as-if-hoping-to-get-his/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [The idea of appealing to people of a like mind and like spirit always appealed to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/the-idea-of-appealing-to-people-of-a-like-mind-and-like-spirit-always/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

> [I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-smith/i-d-rather-spend-my-time-looking-at-the-sky-than-listening-to-whitney/)

[Robert Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-smith/)

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