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Robert Smith

"I never answer if someone knocks on my door and only the band and my manager have my phone number. In any case my phone doesn't ring so I never notice it. I occasionally just walk past and pick it up to see if anyone's there."

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"I never answer if someone knocks on my door and only the band and my manager have my phone number. In any case my phone doesn't ring so I never notice it. I occasionally just walk past and pick it up to see if anyone's there."

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"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."
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"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."
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"Refusing to grow up is like refusing to accept your limitations. That's why I don't think we'll ever grow up."
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"Nobody notices me. Nobody thinks I'm me. But then I look less like me than most of the people coming to our concerts."
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"They may not like us, but they can't get away from knowing who we are."
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