Originally I was going to take perverse satisfaction in making a depressing album. (Spin magazine 1989) - Robert Smith

I wouldn't want to think people doted on us, hung on every word, or wanted to look like us. (Trouser Press 1980)

There is a reason for me always shoe-gazing. I simply can't look into the eyes of several thousand people. (Toronto Sun newspaper)

I used to go out with Severin a lot to dance clubs but we wouldn't dance. It'd be more like take drugs and try to get to the toilet which would usually take about two hours...we became good friends but we were never really good for each other. Our friendship was based entirely on altered states. Whenever we went out together I would never come home until the next day. Mary hated it. (Faith, 1983)