I don't dislike my peers because they're still around and remind me of what I'm doing. I never liked them anyway. I never liked U2, the things they've done over the years.

I think that if you become a parent, you stop being a child, and your position in relation to your parents changes.

I'm not a morose person; it's just that my best songs reflect on the sadder aspects of life.

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.

I entirely approve the measures proposed by you in relation to the Marines who are lately captives in Tripoli. Therefore execute them.

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

You can't drink on an eight hour flight, pass out, and then go onstage... well you can, but then you're Spandau Ballet.