The problem as you get older is, from my perspective, after a certain amount of songs, you tend to start writing something and then you stop and say, ‘Wait, I think I’ve written that before.’ Robert Smith Read Quote
Nobody notices me. Nobody thinks I’m me. But then I look less like me than most of the people coming to our concerts. Robert Smith Read Quote
If you feel alienated from people around you, it’s because no one tries to understand you. Robert Smith Read Quote
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. Robert Smith Read Quote
Every animal would rather die themselves than lose their offspring. But it’s just genes, isn’t it? All of our existence is spent worrying about the next generation, but we don’t actually seem to get anywhere. Robert Smith Read Quote
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. Robert Smith Read Quote
I had every intention of ‘Bloodflowers’ being the last Cure record. I thought it would be fantastic to finish with the best thing we’d ever done, but I wasn’t sure we could pull it off. Robert Smith Read Quote
You put on eyeliner, and people start screaming at you. How strange, and how marvellous. Robert Smith Read Quote
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 Read Quote
