The Cure Quotes
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The idea of appealing to people of a like mind and like spirit always appealed to me.
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I'm in the strange position of the world drifting away from me, but you know what? I'm actually quite content with that. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. I don't feel like, 'Oh God, I'm being left behind.'
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I called Expo Hall to pick out dates in two to three weeks' time, because it sounds like we may do this again. We want to get a handle on how successful it was and what changes need to be made to the process.
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There were only two times in my life when I've actually felt down about things and gotten myself into a full mental mess. One of the times was in 1982. I had a horrible time for a few months and felt pretty desperate. Then again in 1984, for various reasons, not all of them within my control. Since then, I just wander in and out of black moods.
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We see it on the news all the time and wanted to see what it's all about.
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Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up.
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I don't care where the Cure is placed in the pantheon of rock. I don't care if we're perceived as relevant. We're never worried how we fit in. I don't even want to fit in.
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Terry Fox was a hero to me when I was growing up.
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable.
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Whatever I was doing, even when I was at school, I never repressed anything that I felt. I wasn't flamboyant; I was actually quite reticent most of the time. But if I felt I had to do something, I did it.
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Perhaps not as badly applied and not as obvious, but for thousands of years, people have worn makeup on stage.
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Nobody notices me. Nobody thinks I'm me. But then I look less like me than most of the people coming to our concerts.
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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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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'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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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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Anyone can rehearse and play constantly any song in the world.
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You don't always have to sing dark things to be thoughtful.
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I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.
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I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.
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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.
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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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I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.
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If you acquiesce to one interview, there's always another waiting in the wings. Also if you're interviewed repeatedly, you just start repeating yourself. I don't like to do that.