There may be said to be three sorts of lawyers, able, unable, and lamentable.

When we started I wasn't the singer. I was the drunk rhythm guitarist who wrote all these weird songs.

Hendrix was the first person I had come across who seemed completely free, and when you're nine or 10, your life is entirely dominated by adults. So he represented this thing that I wanted to be. Hendrix was the first person who made me think it might be good to be a singer and a guitarist - before that I wanted to be a footballer.

Each time I play a song it seems more real.

Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up.

For a period in the '90s, I felt that the Cure was massively undervalued. But there has been a paradigm shift. There's a bunch of newer bands coming up who've grown up listening to the Cure and don't understand that you're not supposed to like us.

Whenever I'm home, I haven't got any makeup on. But even in the studio, before I do vocals, I put makeup on.