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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.

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Robert Smith
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 21
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Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire.
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I never answer if someone knocks on my door and only the band and my manager have my phone number. In any case my phone doesn't ring so I never notice it. I occasionally just walk past and pick it up to see if anyone's there.
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I don't find the technology threatening. A lot of people my age, my generation, find it difficult to immerse themselves. But I would never preclude the idea of using any technology if I thought it suited the end result.
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I became an adult in an extreme way. I was recently sorting some old photographs and I found another.
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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.
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Reading is something I've really missed, not being able to enter people's worlds.
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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
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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.
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B is for Breasts Of which ladies have two Once prized for the function, Now for the view.
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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.
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I really enjoy what I do, and who I'm with and where I am. Having said that, I'm not really a person of habit, because what I do in my job is travel around the world and play concerts to people, and occasionally do very weird things.
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It's really easy to slide into a depression fueled by the pointlessness of existence.
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You know, the Internet's made us more aware of what people think about us.
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