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
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.
early flow focused foul game nice offense played sloppy trouble win
It was nice to win a game when things weren't going right for us. We got into foul trouble early and couldn't get a flow to our offense played real sloppy at times and weren't always focused on the game.
blades broke came hard helicopter side tail
The helicopter came down hard and rolled over on its side and broke its blades off and broke its tail off.