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

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Robert Smith
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 21
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My earliest memories are sitting on the beach at Blackpool, and I know that if I went back, it would be horrible. I know what Blackpool's like - it's nothing like I imagined it was as a child.
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Whenever I'm home, I haven't got any makeup on. But even in the studio, before I do vocals, I put makeup on.
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When you're on stage, the real world just drops away for that time. It's pretty intense.
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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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In all relationships, there are always aching holes and that's where the impossible wishes come into it.
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Performing doesn't come that naturally to me, even though I've done it for years.
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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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B is for Breasts Of which ladies have two Once prized for the function, Now for the view.
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I still frequent my parents' house. I go there to escape, back to the bedroom that I grew up in. Just to sit there and feel small.
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I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.
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I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.
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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'm in the strange position of the world drifting away from me, but you know what? I'm actually quite content with that. It doesn't bother me in the slightest. I don't feel like, 'Oh God, I'm being left behind.'
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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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