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
bed die elderly greater house lying nursing roof swept water
if the water is about to come over the roof of someone's house do they have a need greater than the elderly person lying in their bed in the nursing home? ... They're not about to die because they're about to get swept away by a flood.
captain ride
He's our captain and we're just going to ride him all the way through.
asked curve gets heavy means plenty throws
He's got a fastball, curve and change. He throws a heavy ball. That means he gets plenty of grounders. He's done everything we have asked of him so far.
blue cheesy amphetamines
Blue cheese contains natural amphetamines. Why are students not informed about this?
glasses rose dislike
Every day is great for me. I dislike rose-coloured glasses.
fall ideas listening
It's just like music when you reckon it up. It's like, listening to Pavement, it's just the Fall in 1985, isn't it? They haven't got an original idea in their heads.
smart musician deals
A lot of musicians are really hard to deal with. They aren't as smart as me...
psychics way used
I used to be psychic, but I drank my way out of it.
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.