I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap. (Spin magazine 1987) - 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)

If the world could outlaw religion for one year you'd be surprised how much better the world would be. (Music Planet 2Nite, 2001)

The fun thing is something people always miss out on with us. It's been brilliant making this album, but even as far back as Faith or Pornography we were still having a good crack. People would see me and Simon laughing and drinking ourselves unconscious together and they couldn't understand how we could be like that and still be in this angst-ridden band. But it's easy to be like that -- it's what being little, being a child, is all about. When you're grown up, you can't do it cos' you think about it too much. (Melody Maker, March 7, 1992)