Mark E. Smith

Mark E. Smith
Mark Edward Smithis a British singer, songwriter and musician. He is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman and only constant member of the British post-punk group the Fall...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth5 March 1957
close deny factor fair given home issue market tax view
It's already become unaffordable to live in Orford, but this whole tax issue didn't help. I don't deny that what they've given as an appraisal on our home is close to fair market value, but the view factor is just a whole new concept.
came jerry
The day Jerry came here you could tell he was special. It's not like he's over-achieving. He's that good.
atmosphere crowd good great happy home last nice senior
I was really happy with the way we battled back. We had a great crowd and it was just a nice atmosphere for Senior Night, our last home game. I still think we're making strides, but Larkin's a good team.
company illogical liked
It's not as transparent as I would have liked it all to have been. It was an illogical way to say a company had been having a look at them.
chips great job table tiger tough
She's a tiger out there, a tough competitor, and when the chips are on the table she usually performs. She did a great job tonight.
dumb hell
If there were a hell for dumb decisions,
limit speed
If you are doing the speed limit these things won't happen,
bitten home impress people simply trying
They are going to get stuck, or electrocuted, or bitten by snakes. We are trying to impress upon people that they simply can't go home right now.
sleep outsiders over-it
I do feel like an outsider, but I don't lose any sleep over it.
writing thinking security-guards
I don't want security guards. I don't think security guards are particularly good for your writing.
trying
Fear is something I try not to absorb.
son numbers bottles
We were playing a festival in Dublin the other week. There was this other group, like, warming up in the next sort of chalet, and they were terrible. I said, 'Shut them cunts up!' And they were still warming up, so I threw a bottle at them. The bands said, 'That's the Sons of Mumford' or something. 'They're number five in charts!' I just thought they were a load of retarded Irish folk singers.
wall school leaving
When I was 14, I used to have a calendar on my wall, crossing the days off until I was 15, because the school leaving age was 15. Then three months before I turned 15 they changed the leaving age to 16.
vision
When I was 18, the vision was to make music that didn't exist, because everything else was so unsatisfactory.