Robert Smith Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“In some cases, I quite like irritating people who need to be irritated.”

“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.”

“I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.”

“It's really easy to slide into a depression fueled by the pointlessness of existence.”

“I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.”

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

“I wore makeup when I was at school, and I wore makeup when glam started. I started wearing it again when punk started. I've always been drawn to wearing it. It's partly ritualistic, partly theatrical and partly just because I think I look better with it on.”

“I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.”

“I have never liked Morrissey, and I still don't. I think it's hilarious, actually, what things I've heard about him, what he's really like, and his public persona is so different. He's such an actor.”

“When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.”