Perhaps not as badly applied and not as obvious, but for thousands of years, people have worn makeup on stage.

It's only people that aren't goths that think the Cure are a goth band.

There's no hope of me becoming completely relaxed on stage. If I did, I'd sit down and doze off.

There were only two times in my life when I've actually felt down about things and gotten myself into a full mental mess. One of the times was in 1982. I had a horrible time for a few months and felt pretty desperate. Then again in 1984, for various reasons, not all of them within my control. Since then, I just wander in and out of black moods.

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

When you're on stage, the real world just drops away for that time. It's pretty intense.

I do a job I really, really love and I kind of have fun with. People think you can't be grown up unless you're moaning about your job.