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

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.

No, come to think of it, I don't think the Cure will end, but I can make up an ending if you want me to.

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.

I write with a pen and paper. Never on a laptop.

I could write songs as bad as Wham's if I really felt the urge to, but what's the point?

I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.