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Robert Smith Quotes

You don't really know a song until you play it live.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: english
Birth: April 21, 1959

Topics

Live Song You Play Know Until

Oh, I think I've been entirely selfish with my career. I've done what I wanted to do, and not put myself out for anyone else particularly.

Myself Selfish Think Career Done Oh

The decision to retire was quite an easy one for me because by that stage my knees were so badly gone. If I had been like Martina Navratilova and my body had let me I would have carried on playing a lot longer.

Decision Me Easy Body Stage Retire

It's nice to always have been able to remain consistent. I'm very thankful for that and to work on shows that I can be proud of, and films.

Work Thankful Proud I Can Nice Been

Identity is part of drama to me. Who am I, why am I behaving this way, and am I aware of it?

Identity Me Drama Why Who Am I Way

The calendar and the clock are all set by football season and the offseason.

Football Calendar Clock Season Set

We must not be afraid to define our enemy. It is Islamic extremist terrorism. I did not say all of Islam. I said Islamic extremist terrorism. Failing to identify them properly maligns decent Muslims around the world. It also sets up a fear of being politically incorrect that can have serious consequences. And it has.

Fear World Consequences Enemy Said

At school, I was always daydreaming and fiddling in inkwells, but I had to learn to grow up and become articulate. And doing that was what brought me into writing songs. It's like therapy for me, because it exposes what I'm really thinking.

School Me Writing Thinking Learn

It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. That's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy.

Job Joy Feel Learn You Know

I have a weak spot for late '60s-early '70s yippie paperbacks and protest manifestos. I find them at flea markets or online. One of my favorites is 'Right On,' a compendium of student protests made into this 95-cent paperback with the most amazing graphics.

Amazing Late Find Student Right

The Civil War has a tremendous moral and emotional force.

War Moral Civil War Emotional Force

The drug war has been a war where the direct casualties have primarily been America's poor; America's minorities; and often, unfortunately, America's vulnerable, in terms of people with disease and addiction and mental health.

Health War People America Poor

I've actually tried to give Brett Ratner dance lessons, but he thinks he already knows how to.

Dance Give Lessons Knows He Tried

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