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
people
I like to push people till I get the truth out of them.
book strange sometimes
I read daft history books. Sometimes the books I read are a bit crackers or strange.
brother helping younger-sister
I was picked on because I was timid. I had younger sisters; I couldn't turn to them for help. I didn't have an older brother.
memories muffins mules
My earliest memory is learning to read 'Muffin the Mule' when I was about three.
vision
When I was 18, the vision was to make music that didn't exist, because everything else was so unsatisfactory.
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.
difficult i-can
The thing with me, I can't talk about my work. I find it very difficult.
thinking people drunk
I like to push people till I get the truth out of them. Get them drunk, or whatever. Then discover what they really think. Push them and push them and push them.
trying
Fear is something I try not to absorb.
thinking sticks musician
The thing with me. I can't stick musicians. I've thought about this. I can't stand them, and being stuck in a studio with them I think that's my strength I can hear what they can't.
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.
writing thinking security-guards
I don't want security guards. I don't think security guards are particularly good for your writing.
sleep outsiders over-it
I do feel like an outsider, but I don't lose any sleep over it.
play tunes ifs
If you're going to play it out of tune, then play it out of tune properly.