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
cure music whatever
I just play Cure music, whatever that is.
They may not like us, but they can't get away from knowing who we are.
You don't always have to sing dark things to be thoughtful.
countries italy name
There are countries where the organizers don't know what they're doing or what's going on - but I wouldn't name Italy and Spain!
breathe danger die hair image living lost percent spent time war worth
Unting is all that's worth living for - all time is lost wot is not spent in 'unting - it is like the hair we breathe - if we have it not we die - it's the sport of kings, the image of war without its guilt, and only five-and-twenty percent of its danger
extreme head jump people reaction shave wear
I get a much more extreme reaction when I have my hair really short. I look thuggish when I shave my head and wear big boots. I walk into a newsagent and people think I'm going to jump the counter. It's a much more extreme reaction.
dreaming dreams enjoy form funny half people time wandering
People think it's funny that I enjoy dreaming so much. I just use it as a form of entertainment. It's very private. I don't see my dreams as separate. I mean, half the time I'm wandering around dreaming anyway.
clever ideas political
It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if they're good at the political side, the music side suffers, and vice versa.
technology ideas people
I don't find the technology threatening. A lot of people my age, my generation, find it difficult to immerse themselves. But I would never preclude the idea of using any technology if I thought it suited the end result.
thinking people want
I wouldn't want to think people doted on us, hung on every word, or wanted to look like us.
song guitar drunk
When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.
song eye faces
Sometimes I'll get to the end of a song, open my eyes and there's all these faces peering at me. It's quite horrifying.
real world intense
When you're on stage, the real world just drops away for that time. It's pretty intense.
down-and becoming stage
There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.