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
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.
song aspects-of-life persons
I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.
song play knows
You don't really know a song until you play it live.
past phones doors
I never answer if someone knocks on my door and only the band and my manager have my phone number. In any case my phone doesn't ring so I never notice it. I occasionally just walk past and pick it up to see if anyone's there.
women two views
B is for Breasts Of which ladies have two; Once prized for the function, Now for the view.
guitar stones fabulous
The very first concert I ever went to on my own was actually Rory Gallagher. In a one-month period in 1973 or '74, I saw him, Thin Lizzy and the Rolling Stones. I wasn't really a big Rory Gallagher fan, but I thought his guitar playing was fabulous. But Thin Lizzy, they were fabulous.
heart thinking adrift
I think, at heart, unless you discover faith in something else, something other, it's very hard to shake the thing that you're adrift alone.
desire want made
I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.
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.
self self-conscious conscious
I am very self-conscious a lot of the time.
moving makeup special
I've discovered special makeup by a company called M.A.C. You could wear it on the surface of the sun and it wouldn't move.
slides easy existence
It's really easy to slide into a depression fueled by the pointlessness of existence.
growing-up thinking accepting
Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up.
sky listening houston
I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.