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You're only half the man that I am, and I have half the brain that you do.
Sid Vicious Siouxsie and the Banshees -
I liked the idea of being a writer and letting somebody else do the graft.
Siouxsie Sioux Siouxsie and the Banshees
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My whole life I've played music for my own personal enjoyment and the idea of it becoming a machine or a business is just horrible.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees -
The idea of reinvention has always seemed bizarre to me.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees -
It's really nice meeting people after a concert. Still, it's very weird to be at the center of a group of 30 people all listening to what you're saying. When that group turns into 300 people, it goes on from weird. Some people revel in it, and I don't.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees -
What people don't understand is when punk started it was so innocent and not aware of being looked at or being a phenomenon and that's what everyone gets wrong. You can't consciously create something that's important, it's a combination of chemistry, conditions, the environment, everything.
Siouxsie Sioux Siouxsie and the Banshees -
But everyone I know reaches a point where they throw out their arms and go beserk for a while; otherwise you never know what your limits are. I was just trying to find mine.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees -
I don't dislike my peers because they're still around and remind me of what I'm doing. I never liked them anyway. I never liked U2, the things they've done over the years.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees
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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.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees -
There are some strong female performers out there. But the industry's pre-occupation with the packaging of how a woman looks has gone completely the other way, back to almost the 60s, early 70s.
Siouxsie Sioux Siouxsie and the Banshees -
American audiences are just the same as any other audiences. Except a bit more boring.
Sid Vicious Siouxsie and the Banshees -
There is a fun, flippant side to me, of course. But I would much rather be known as the Ice Queen.
Siouxsie Sioux Siouxsie and the Banshees -
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.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees -
I despise people who revel in the ignorance of not being able to play their instrument.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees
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When punk came along, I found my generation's music. I grew up listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, 'cause that was what got played in the house. But when I first saw the Stranglers, I thought, 'This is it.'
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees -
People think it's funny that I enjoy dreaming so much. I just use it as a form of entertainment. It's very private. I don't see my dreams as separate. I mean, half the time I'm wandering around dreaming anyway.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees -
I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore.
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Without faith that there's a world beyond the one we live in, I don't see how it's possible to get rid of angst.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees -
When you're in a young band for the first time, geographically you're in the same place and you tend to go out and socialize. You play more shows, you spend more time together. You're a unit. As you grow older, inevitably you develop a life outside the band. I think it would be tragic if you didn't.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees -
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.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees
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I think a certain amount of anger has been a fuel of mine, if you want - but also some sort of sadness, and plain mischief, of course.
Siouxsie Sioux Siouxsie and the Banshees -
My earliest memories are sitting on the beach at Blackpool, and I know that if I went back, it would be horrible. I know what Blackpool's like - it's nothing like I imagined it was as a child.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees -
I like a bit of eye candy like anyone but to have it solely about the eye candy and have it fall into a category so rigidly as well is wrong.
Siouxsie Sioux Siouxsie and the Banshees -
I've got a presence on all the social networks, in fact, but I've never once sent a message. I'm there because otherwise, someone's going to pretend to be me.
Robert Smith Siouxsie and the Banshees