Originally I was going to take perverse satisfaction in making a depressing album. (Spin magazine 1989)
Robert Smith
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. (Spin magazine 1989)
Robert Smith
I've experienced such extremes both in the band and in my personal life, feelings that last for just a few seconds at a time, that it's like a drug. After a while, when they're not there you notice the absence of it and nothing seems real anymore and nothings quite sharp enough or focused enough. (Spin magazine 1989)
Robert Smith
The experience was an exciting one for me. It illustrated that writing was about risk—about risking everything. And that the value of the writing is not in what you publish but in its consequences. If you set out to describe reality, then the influence of the writing is upon reality. (A 1989 interview with Granta magazine founder Bill Buford. Reprinted in Adbusters Magazine #71.)
Ryszard Kapuscinski
They may not like us, but they can't get away from knowing who we are. (Spin magazine 1988)
Robert Smith
I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap. (Spin magazine 1987)
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