Top 98 Quotes by Robert Smith

About Robert Smith

These are some quotes by English author Robert Smith Musician, who was born on April 21, 1959.

The very first concert I ever went to on my own was actually Rory Gallagher. In a one-month period in 1973 or '74, I saw him, Thin Lizzy and the Rolling Stones. I wasn't really a big Rory Gallagher fan, but I thought his guitar playing was fabulous. But Thin Lizzy, they were fabulous.

Robert Smith

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

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

Robert Smith

Sometimes I'll get to the end of a song, open my eyes and there's all these faces peering at me. It's quite horrifying.

Sometimes I'll get to the end of a song, open my eyes and there's all these faces peering at me. It's quite horrifying.

Robert Smith

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

If you feel alienated from people around you, it's because no one tries to understand you.

If you feel alienated from people around you, it's because no one tries to understand you.

Robert Smith

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.

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.

Robert Smith

I've never regretted not having children. My mindset in that regard has been constant. I objected to being born, and I refuse to impose life on someone else.

I've never regretted not having children. My mindset in that regard has been constant. I objected to being born, and I refuse to impose life on someone else.

Robert Smith

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

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

Robert Smith

You can't allow other people to put a price on what you do, otherwise you don't consider what you do to have any value at all, and that's nonsense.

You can't allow other people to put a price on what you do, otherwise you don't consider what you do to have any value at all, and that's nonsense.

Robert Smith

Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up.

Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up.

Robert Smith

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