I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me. — Robert Smith Around Copy Share Image
In some cases, I quite like irritating people who need to be irritated. — Robert Smith Cases Copy Share Image
But everyone I know reaches a point where they throw out their arms and go beserk for a while; otherwise you never… — Robert Smith Arms Copy Share Image
It's only people that aren't goths that think the Cure are a goth band. — Robert Smith Band Copy Share Image
It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if… — Robert Smith Clever Copy Share Image
They may not like us, but they can't get away from knowing who we are. — Robert Smith Knowing Copy Share Image
True repentance has a double aspect. It looks upon things past with a weeping eye, and upon the future with a watchful… — Robert Smith Aspect Copy Share Image
I started out in the 'Cure' reflecting things that I thought were important, and it's reached a point where it takes over… — Robert Smith Becomes Copy Share Image
Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years. — Robert Smith Come Copy Share Image
I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point? — Robert Smith Bad Copy Share Image
Whatever I was doing, even when I was at school, I never repressed anything that I felt. I wasn't flamboyant; I was… — Robert Smith Actually Copy Share Image
I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to… — Robert Smith Desire Copy Share Image
I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be… — Robert Smith Around Copy Share Image
Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up. — Robert Smith Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to think people doted on us, hung on every word, or wanted to look like us. — Robert Smith Hung Copy Share Image
I wore makeup when I was at school, and I wore makeup when glam started. I started wearing it again when punk… — Robert Smith Better Copy Share Image
I don't care where the Cure is placed in the pantheon of rock. I don't care if we're perceived as relevant. We're… — Robert Smith Care Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll get to the end of a song, open my eyes and there's all these faces peering at me. It's quite… — Robert Smith Faces Copy Share Image
Everything I do has the tinge of the finite, of my own demise. At some point you either accept death or you… — Robert Smith Accept Copy Share Image
Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire. — Robert Smith Baseball Copy Share Image
I always place myself as the archetypal Cure fan. I'm the wrong age, but I still think that if I like anything… — Robert Smith Age Copy Share Image
“in all relationships there are always aching holes and that's where the impossible wishes come into it...” — Robert Smith Holes Copy Share Image