Reading is something I've really missed, not being able to enter people's worlds.

I honestly don't class myself as a songwriter. I've got 'musician' written on my passport. That's even funnier.

It's a perfect day for letting go.

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.

Anyone can rehearse and play constantly any song in the world.

I hardly ever listen to any of our old stuff now. Once the songs have been recorded and put on to vinyl they become someone else's entertainment, not mine.

Irony is the recourse of the weak-minded wimp, I think. I hate bands that deliver their songs with knowing smiles on their faces, so that if those songs fall flat they can say 'Ah well, we never really meant it anyway.' It's so dishonest.