“I'm not going to worry about the Cure slipping down into the second division; it doesn't bother me because I never expected to be in the first division anyway” FirstsWorryExpectedCuresBotherDivisionSlipping Author:Robert Smith
“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.” ThinkingFirstsPersonsMadeMightWantedLife IsAdultsBe GoodSingersNineFirst PersonFootballerGuitaristHendrix Author:Robert Smith
“The very first concert I ever went to on my own was actually Rory Gallagher. In a one-month period in 1973 or '74, I saw him, Thin Lizzy and the Rolling Stones. I wasn't really a big Rory Gallagher fan, but I thought his guitar playing was fabulous. But Thin Lizzy, they were fabulous.” FirstsBigsMy OwnSawsFansMonthsPeriodsStonesGuitarConcertsRollingFabulousRolling StonesGuitar PlayingGallagherLizzy Author:Robert Smith
“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.'” FirstsFoundHouseCausesSawsGenerationsListeningGrewGrew UpStonesPunkRollingMy GenerationRolling Stones Author:Robert Smith
“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.” IfsThinkingFirstsPlayShowsWould BeTogetherYoungGrowsBandFirst TimeTragicMore TimeUnitsTime Together Author:Robert Smith
