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Perhaps not as badly applied and not as obvious, but for thousands of years, people have worn makeup on stage.

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Robert Smith
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 21
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Robert James Smith
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I've never regretted not having children. My mindset in that regard has been constant. I objected to being born, and I refuse to impose life on someone else.
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It's really easy to slide into a depression fueled by the pointlessness of existence.
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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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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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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.
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I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point?
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A lot of journalists give me a hard time about how I look, but I've never met a journalist I'd rather look like.
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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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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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I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore.
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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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The further I get from the things that I care about, the less I care about how much further away I get.
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I don't care where the Cure is placed in the pantheon of rock. I don't care if we're perceived as relevant. We're never worried how we fit in. I don't even want to fit in.
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Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire.
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Reading is something I've really missed, not being able to enter people's worlds.
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I just don't feel comfortable anymore with the kind of attention that I'm getting. It's purely the numbers of people that want a bit of the Cure or want a bit of me.
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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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I wouldn't want to think people doted on us, hung on every word, or wanted to look like us.
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The idea of reinvention has always seemed bizarre to me.
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