Robert Smith Quotes
It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if they're good at the political side, the music side suffers, and vice versa.
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I think it's more important than ever to be as vocal as I can be about things I believe in outside of music.
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Prog didn't really go away. Just took a catnap in the late Seventies. A new generation of fans discovered it, and a whole new array of bands and solo artists took it on into the new millennium.
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Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front, let bigots, fools, unclean persons, offer new propositions, let the old propositions be postponed.
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I would have liked to be - indeed, I should have been - a second Rembrandt.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Let us have no machine-made ornament at all; it is all bad and worthless and ugly.
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I was leftwing, I am leftwing, and I will die leftwing.
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I had a lot of vocal problems when I was younger. I don't know if it's down to leading a healthier lifestyle or what but my range has increased.
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In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel.
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In this culture, where entertainers and athletes wield such power, it seems only right to me that they try to make their influence a good one.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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I'd go on the train to castings, changing from my school uniform on the train. I carried on like that for a few years, getting jobs in bits and pieces.
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I have a specialized racing bike, which is great because it has a solid build, is comfortable to ride, and is lightweight.
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Just because you get to a certain number doesn't mean you have to roll up into a ball and wait for the grim reaper. We were put on this earth to do something! If you stop using your brain, at any age, it is going to stop working. It's like if you stop using your hand, it will atrophy. I think doing nothing is a curse.
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There are many people, including me, who admire the original mission of WikiLeaks.
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Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
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To me, the most interesting films are films that take very strong points of view and bang them up against each other and let sparks happen.
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Bain also asked Kansas City for a $3 million tax break. The Bain executives were taking home $36 million in borrowed funds and were asking Kansas City to forfeit $3 million in public money for police officers, roads and schools? More free stuff!
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It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if they're good at the political side, the music side suffers, and vice versa.
