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
dirty hunting looks
Women never look so well as when one comes in wet and dirty from hunting.
dance real thinking
Some think that people come to a ball to do nothing but dance; whereas everyone knows that the real business of a ball is to look out for a wife, to look after a wife, or to look after someone else's wife...
would-be enjoyment pleasant
Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments.
foxes
It ar'n't that I loves the fox less, but that I loves the 'ound more.
able three lawyer
There are three sorts of lawyers - able, unable and lamentable.
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.
sky listening houston
I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.
slides easy existence
It's really easy to slide into a depression fueled by the pointlessness of existence.
explaining because-i-can feels
I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.
smile writing faces
I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.
letting-go remember forget
It's better to forget than remember me and cry.
worry firsts slipping
I'm not going to worry about the Cure slipping down into the second division; it doesn't bother me because I never expected to be in the first division anyway
home makeup havens
Whenever I'm home, I haven't got any makeup on. But even in the studio, before I do vocals, I put makeup on.