Robert Smith
Robert Smith
Singer-songwriter and guitarist for the goth and new wave British band The Cure who sang "Friday I'm in Love," "Just Like Heaven," and "Lovecats."
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth21 April 1959
CityBlackpool, England
frightened
Better be killed than frightened to death.
speak praise dealer
It is an inwariable rule with the dealers to praise the bad points and let the good 'uns speak for themselves.
cure music whatever
I just play Cure music, whatever that is.
appealed appealing mind people spirit
The idea of appealing to people of a like mind and like spirit always appealed to me.
age archetypal cure fans
I always place myself as the archetypal Cure fan. I'm the wrong age, but I still think that if I like anything particularly, our fans will.
people
I despise people who revel in the ignorance of not being able to play their instrument.
faith rid
Without faith that there's a world beyond the one we live in, I don't see how it's possible to get rid of angst.
felt repressed time
Whatever I was doing, even when I was at school, I never repressed anything that I felt. I wasn't flamboyant; I was actually quite reticent most of the time. But if I felt I had to do something, I did it.
far quite time
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 very hard-pressed to walk around miserable.
people
You put on eyeliner, and people start screaming at you. How strange, and how marvellous.
best cure fantastic intention pull sure
I had every intention of 'Bloodflowers' being the last Cure record. I thought it would be fantastic to finish with the best thing we'd ever done, but I wasn't sure we could pull it off.
pretend sent
I've got a presence on all the social networks, in fact, but I've never once sent a message. I'm there because otherwise, someone's going to pretend to be me.
sky listening houston
I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.
growing-up thinking accepting
Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up.