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
thinking people want
I wouldn't want to think people doted on us, hung on every word, or wanted to look like us.
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.
thinking people internet
You know, the Internets made us more aware of what people think about us
thinking singers might
Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by adults. So he represented this thing that I wanted to be. Hendrix was the first person who made me think it might be good to be a singer and a guitarist - before that I wanted to be a footballer.
thinking people looks
Nobody notices me. Nobody thinks I'm me. But then I look less like me than most of the people coming to our concerts.
thinking play together
When you're in a young band for the first time, geographically you're in the same place and you tend to go out and socialize. You play more shows, you spend more time together. You're a unit. As you grow older, inevitably you develop a life outside the band. I think it would be tragic if you didn't.
jobs thinking who-i-am
Apart from the fact that I've got a strange job, I do lead a fairly normal life. I do my own shopping. I don't feel constrained by who I am because of what I do; I often feel disappointed by my lack of ability. I get frustrated at myself, but I think everyone does.
thinking people band
It's only people that aren't goths that think the Cure are a goth band.
thinking want cures
No, come to think of it, I don't think the Cure will end, but I can make up an ending if you want me to.
thinking way
I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore
thinking actors different
I have never liked Morrissey, and I still don't. I think it's hilarious, actually, what things I've heard about him, what he's really like, and his public persona is so different. He's such an actor.
children thinking parent
I think that if you become a parent, you stop being a child, and your position in relation to your parents changes.
school makeup thinking
I wore makeup when I was at school, and I wore makeup when glam started. I started wearing it again when punk started. I've always been drawn to wearing it. It's partly ritualistic, partly theatrical and partly just because I think I look better with it on.
jobs fun thinking
I do a job I really, really love and I kind of have fun with. People think you can't be grown up unless you're moaning about your job.