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Born on April 21, 1959, Robert Smith is a renowned musician. His musical career began in the 1970s, and he is known for his unique musical style and profound emotional expression.

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“You know, the Internet's made us more aware of what people think about us.”

People Thinking Knows Made Internet

Author:Robert Smith

“I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore.”

Thinking Way

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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.”

Thinking Grows Accepting Growing Up Limitation

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“It's only people that aren't goths that think the Cure are a goth band.”

People Thinking Band Cures Goth

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“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.”

Ifs Thinking Way Years Looks Persons Grows Fashion Changed Hair Married Sick Pops Likes

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“I do a job I really, really love and I kind of have fun with. People think you can't be grown up unless you're moaning about your job.”

People Thinking Kind Jobs Fun Having Fun Moaning

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“I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap.”

Thinking Rocks Edges Myth Rock N Roll Crap Living On Living On The Edge

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“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.”

Thinking Stills Different Actors Heard Persona

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“No, come to think of it, I don't think the Cure will end, but I can make up an ending if you want me to.”

Ifs Thinking Want I Can Ends Cures Want Me You Want Me If You Want Me

Author:Robert Smith

“I look thuggish when I shave my head and wear big boots. I walk into a newsagent and people think I'm going to jump the counter.”

People Thinking Looks Bigs Walks Boots

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“I think that if you become a parent, you stop being a child, and your position in relation to your parents changes.”

Ifs Thinking Children Parent Position Relation

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“I think, at heart, unless you discover faith in something else, something other, it's very hard to shake the thing that you're adrift alone.”

Thinking Heart Hard Shakes Adrift

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“I wouldn't want to think people doted on us, hung on every word, or wanted to look like us.”

People Thinking Want Looks Wanted Hung

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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.”

People Thinking Looks Like Me Concerts Notice Me

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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.”

Thinking Feels Doe Facts Jobs My Own Ability Strange Normal Who I Am Disappointed Shopping Frustrated Normal Life

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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.”

Thinking Firsts Persons Made Might Wanted Life Is Adults Be Good Singers Nine First Person Footballer Guitarist Hendrix

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“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.”

Thinking Looks School Makeup Punk Theatrical Glam

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“Irony is the recourse of the weak-minded wimp, I think. I hate bands that deliver their songs with knowing smiles on their faces, so that if those songs fall flat they can say 'Ah well, we never really meant it anyway.' It's so dishonest.”

Ifs Thinking Wells Faces Hate Song Fall Knowing Band Weak I Hate Irony Flats Recourse Wimps

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“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.”

Ifs Thinking Firsts Play Shows Would Be Together Young Grows Band First Time Tragic More Time Units Time Together

Author:Robert Smith

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Born: April 21, 1959
Known for: Musician
Quotes: 94

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