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 crygodinside share on social
Whatever I was doing, even when I was at school, I never repressed anything that I felt. I wasn't flamboyant; I was actually quite reticent most of the time. But if I felt I had to do something, I did it. Robert Smith feltflamboyantrepress share on social
When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause that was what got played in the house. But when I first saw the Stranglers, I thought, 'This is it.' Robert Smith beatlesfindfloyd share on social
I would be more familiar with Janet Jackson than I was with the Teardrop Explodes or Joy Division, because I didn't want to listen to my competitors for fear of nicking ideas off them. Robert Smith competitordivisionexplode Change image and share on social
I think that if you become a parent, you stop being a child, and your position in relation to your parents changes. Robert Smith childparentposition Change image and share on social
For a period in the '90s, I felt that the Cure was massively undervalued. But there has been a paradigm shift. There's a bunch of newer bands coming up who've grown up listening to the Cure and don't understand that you're not supposed to like us. Robert Smith 90sbandbunch share on social
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 bothercuredivision Change image and share on social
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. Robert Smith facebookfacthave share on social
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. Robert Smith anymoreattentionbite Change image and share on social
I became an adult in an extreme way. I was recently sorting some old photographs and I found another. Robert Smith adultextremefind Change image and share on social