The idea of reinvention has always seemed bizarre to me. Robert Smith bizarreideareinvention Change image and share on social
You can't drink on an eight hour flight, pass out, and then go onstage... well you can, but then you're Spandau Ballet. Robert Smith balletdrinkflight Change image and share on social
If I put a value on my music, and no one's prepared to pay that, then more fool me, but the idea that the value is created by the consumer is an idiot plan; it can't work. Robert Smith consumercreatefool Change image and 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
It's only people that aren't goths that think the Cure are a goth band. Robert Smith bandcuregoth Change image and share on social
Anyone can rehearse and play constantly any song in the world. Robert Smith constantlyplayrehearse Change image and share on social
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 comeconcertnotice Change image and share on social
The idea of appealing to people of a like mind and like spirit always appealed to me. Robert Smith appealideamind 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
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 animaldieexistence share on social