I went to see a shaman. He put his hands on me, and I cried like a baby for an hour.

In my particular instance, I came from a family that didn't have anything. Everything I earned in life I made. Myself. With songs that I wrote.

There's a difference between being a poseur and being someone who's so emotionally challenged they're kind of just doing their best to show you what they've got.

If there was a simple ethic for the band, it was that we want to be able to do whatever we want to do.

I mean, I'm certainly not a 'teaophyte,' or whatever the word would be.

People always called the Cure gloomy, but listening to the Cure made me happy. There was something about the gloominess that gave me comfort, and I think we're the same way.

These days you're not just competing with the tedium, you're competing with the cellphone.