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01Undated

People think it's funny that I enjoy dreaming so much. I just use it as a form of entertainment. It's very private. I don't see my dreams as separate. I mean, half the time I'm wandering around dreaming anyway.

Robert Smith / quote

02Undated

I had no desire to be famous I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.

Robert Smith / quote

03Undated

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.

Robert Smith / quote

04Undated

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.

Robert Smith / quote

05Undated

I think, at heart, unless you discover faith in something else, something other, it's very hard to shake the thing that you're adrift alone.

Robert Smith / quote

06Undated

I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.

Robert Smith / quote

07Undated

I don't think of death in a romantic way anymore.

Robert Smith / quote