There are no borders, no walls, there are no actual gates, but we know that there is gate keeping that goes on -- whether it's with the police or just the way commercial and retail operations treat you. You live the isolation, the racial prejudice, the hostility in all kinds of ways.

Robert Smith

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I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whi... by Robert Smith

I'd rather spend my time looking at the sky than listening to Whitney Houston.

houston listening sky

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

growing-up accepting thinking

It's really easy to slide into a depression fueled by the pointle... by Robert Smith

It's really easy to slide into a depression fueled by the pointlessness of existence.

existence slides easy

It's a perfect day for letting go. by Robert Smith

It's a perfect day for letting go.

perfect-days crazy letting-go

I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining wha... by Robert Smith

I lose myself in music because I can't be bothered explaining what I feel to anyone else around me.

because-i-can explaining feels

If you feel alienated from people around you, it's because no one... by Robert Smith

If you feel alienated from people around you, it's because no one tries to understand you.

feels trying people

I married somebody who likes the way I look. If I changed my hair every year, and I reinvented myself in time-honoured pop fashion, I think understandably the person I'm married to would grow slightly sick of me.

fashion hair thinking

I've discovered special makeup by a company called M.A.C. You could wear it on the surface of the sun and it wouldn't move.

makeup special moving

You can't drink on an eight hour flight, pass out, and then go onstage... well you can, but then you're Spandau Ballet.

flight eight ballet

I wore makeup when I was at school, and I wore makeup when glam started. I started wearing it again when punk started. I've always been drawn to wearing it. It's partly ritualistic, partly theatrical and partly just because I think I look better with it on.

makeup school thinking

B is for Breasts Of which ladies have two; Once prized for the fu... by Robert Smith

B is for Breasts Of which ladies have two; Once prized for the function, Now for the view.

women views two

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.

made want desire

I am very self-conscious a lot of the time. by Robert Smith

I am very self-conscious a lot of the time.

self-conscious conscious self

I've always spent more time with a smile on my face than not, but the thing is, I don't write about it.

smile faces writing

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

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

In some cases, I quite like irritating people who need to be irri... by Robert Smith

In some cases, I quite like irritating people who need to be irritated.

irritated people needs

A lot of journalists give me a hard time about how I look, but I've never met a journalist I'd rather look like.

hard-times giving looks

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

makeup havens home

Every animal would rather die themselves than lose their offspring. But it's just genes, isn't it? All of our existence is spent worrying about the next generation, but we don't actually seem to get anywhere.

generations worry animal

In all relationships, there are always aching holes and that's where the impossible wishes come into it.

holes wish impossible