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" You know, the Internets made us more aware of what people think about us. "
Robert Smith
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" I'd like to record somewhere really different. Rent a really big house and get a mobile in and set up in the dining room. Maybe New England; it'd be nice in September or October. "
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" I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it. "
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" 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. "
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" I married somebody who likes the way I look. If I changed my hair every year, and I reinvented myself in time-honoured pop fashion, I think understandably the person I'm married to would grow slightly sick of me. "
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" I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point? "
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" Whenever I'm home, I haven't got any makeup on. But even in the studio, before I do vocals, I put makeup on. "
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" 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. "
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" I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore. "
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" I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier. "
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" 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. "
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" I've discovered special makeup by a company called M.A.C. You could wear it on the surface of the sun and it wouldn't move. "
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" There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off. "
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" Both me and my wife's extended family all live within a 50-mile radius. Like me, a lot of them did time in London then started drifting back to the countryside and the sea. Perhaps it's a homing instinct. "
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" Anyone can rehearse and play constantly any song in the world. "
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" I'm not really obsessed with death. "
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" I don't find the technology threatening. A lot of people my age, my generation, find it difficult to immerse themselves. But I would never preclude the idea of using any technology if I thought it suited the end result. "
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" Apart from the fact that I've got a strange job, I do lead a fairly normal life. I do my own shopping. I don't feel constrained by who I am because of what I do; I often feel disappointed by my lack of ability. I get frustrated at myself, but I think everyone does. "
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