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.
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.
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.
beach memories children
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 Blackpool's like - it's nothing like I imagined it was as a child.
demise pushing-it accepted
Everything I do has the tinge of the finite, of my own demise. At some point you either accept death or you just keep pushing it back as you get older and older. I've accepted it.
hard-times giving looks
A lot of journalists give me a hard time about how I look, but I've never met a journalist I'd rather look like.
nice book genuine
If I book a hotel it's actually very funny. It's very nice to be a genuine Mr Smith.