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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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Robert Smith
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: April 21
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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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B is for Breasts Of which ladies have two Once prized for the function, Now for the view.
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