The idea of reinvention has always seemed bizarre to me.

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.

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.

I don't want The Cure to fizzle out doing 45-minute shows of greatest hits. That would be awful for our legacy.

Cardinal rule for all hitters with two strikes on them: Never trust the umpire.

I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.

If you feel alienated from people around you, it's because no one tries to understand you.