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
may able three
There may be said to be three sorts of lawyers, able, unable, and lamentable.
reading people able
Reading is something I've really missed, not being able to enter people's worlds.
world strange left-behind
I'm in the strange position of the world drifting away from me, but you know what? I'm actually quite content with that. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. I don't feel like, 'Oh God, I'm being left behind.'
thinking people looks
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.
trying arms limits
But everyone I know reaches a point where they throw out their arms and go beserk for a while; otherwise you never know what your limits are. I was just trying to find mine.
song play world
Anyone can rehearse and play constantly any song in the world.
pages messages facts
I've got a Facebook page, but I've never put anything on it. I've got a presence on all the social networks, in fact, but I've never once sent a message. I'm there because, otherwise, someone's going to pretend to be me.
wings waiting interviews
If you acquiesce to one interview, there's always another waiting in the wings. Also if you're interviewed repeatedly, you just start repeating yourself. I don't like to do that.
song real play
Each time I play a song it seems more real.
ideas bizarre reinvention
The idea of reinvention has always seemed bizarre to me.
nice house different
I'd like to record somewhere really different. Rent a really big house and get a mobile in and set up in the dining room. Maybe New England; it'd be nice in September or October.
song groups ten
If any of our songs ever did make it on the top ten, I'd disband the group immediately.
numbers people want
I just don't feel comfortable anymore with the kind of attention that I'm getting. It's purely the numbers of people that want a bit of the Cure or want a bit of me.
song stuff entertainment
I hardly ever listen to any of our old stuff now. Once the songs have been recorded and put on to vinyl they become someone else's entertainment, not mine.