Robert Smith Quotes

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• I started out in the 'Cure' reflecting things that I thought were important, and it's reached a point where it takes over and becomes the…
• I wore makeup when I was at school, and I wore makeup when glam started. I started wearing it again when punk started. I've always…
• I would be more familiar with Janet Jackson than I was with the Teardrop Explodes or Joy Division, because I didn't want to listen to…
• I'd like to record somewhere really different. Rent a really big house and get a mobile in and set up in the dining room. Maybe…
• I'm in the strange position of the world drifting away from me, but you know what? I'm actually quite content with that. It doesn't bother…
• 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 I've…
• If you acquiesce to one interview, there's always another waiting in the wings. Also if you're interviewed repeatedly, you just start repeating yourself. I don't…
• Irony is the recourse of the weak-minded wimp, I think. I hate bands that deliver their songs with knowing smiles on their faces, so that…
• It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if they're good at…
• It's really nice meeting people after a concert. Still, it's very weird to be at the center of a group of 30 people all listening…
• My earliest memories are sitting on the beach at Blackpool, and I know that if I went back, it would be horrible. I know what…
• The very first concert I ever went to on my own was actually Rory Gallagher. In a one-month period in 1973 or '74, I saw…
• 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 of…
• When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause that…
• When you're in a young band for the first time, geographically you're in the same place and you tend to go out and socialize. You…
• You put on eyeliner, and people start screaming at you. How strange, and how marvellous.
• I just play Cure music, whatever that is.
• I despise people who revel in the ignorance of not being able to play their instrument.
• The idea of appealing to people of a like mind and like spirit always appealed to me.
• You know, the Internets made us more aware of what people think about us.

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