#w

I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore. ↗

— Robert Smith

#death #i #romantic #think #way

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. ↗

— Robert Smith

#become #been #else #entertainment #ever

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier. ↗

— Robert Smith

#even #funnier #got #honestly #i

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. ↗

— Robert Smith

#boots #counter #going #head #i

I started out in the 'Cure' reflecting things that I thought were important, and it's reached a point where it takes over and becomes the thing that is important. ↗

— Robert Smith

#cure #i #important #out #over

I wouldn't want to think people doted on us, hung on every word, or wanted to look like us. ↗

— Robert Smith

#hung #i #like #look #people

I'm not going to worry about the Cure slipping down into the second division; it doesn't bother me because I never expected to be in the first division anyway. ↗

— Robert Smith

#anyway #because #bother #cure #division

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. ↗

— Robert Smith

#fact #going #got #i #in fact

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. ↗

— Robert Smith

#clever #enough #few #good #idea

Like I can't cry for myself so I will let this song take all of the things inside I can't let anyone else see and offer it up, as if the sound were some kind of god, and my pain is some kind of sacrifice. ↗

— Robert Smith

#cry #else #god #i #inside