Mark E. Smith Quotes

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Mark E. Smith

Profession : Musician

Birth : March 5, 1957

Fear is something I try not to absorb.

Mark E. Smith

When I was 18, the vision was to make music that didn't exist, because everything else was so unsatisfactory.

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The only good Philip K. Dick film is 'Total Recall.' It's faithful to the book. Arnie gets it.

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Blue cheese contains natural amphetamines. Why are students not informed about this?

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When I was 14, I used to have a calendar on my wall, crossing the days off until I was 15, because the school leaving age was 15. Then three months before I turned 15 they changed the leaving age to 16.

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The thing with me. I can't stick musicians. I've thought about this. I can't stand them, and being stuck in a studio with them I think that's my strength I can hear what they can't.

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They're weird aren't they, Prince fans?

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He told me I didn't understand, that we were from the bleak industrial wastes of North England, or something, and that we didn't understand the Internet. I told him Fall fans invented the Internet. They were on there in 1982.

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Prince's manager once told me that I was the only person other than Prince who can recruit from the streets. Which was very flattering.

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I used to be psychic, but I drank my way out of it.

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I'm just never getting there. I'm getting round to it. I'm beginning to understand it a bit more.

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It's just like music when you reckon it up. It's like listening to Pavement it's just The Fall in 1985, isn't it? They haven't got an original idea in their heads.

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The thing with me, I can't talk about my work. I find it very difficult.

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I like to push people till I get the truth out of them.

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Being in The Fall isn't like being in another group. It isn't a holiday. A lot of musicians are really hard to deal with. They aren't as smart as me.

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I was picked on because I was timid. I had younger sisters; I couldn't turn to them for help. I didn't have an older brother.

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I don't want security guards. I don't think security guards are particularly good for your writing.

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Every day is great for me. I dislike rose-coloured glasses.

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I read daft history books. Sometimes the books I read are a bit crackers or strange.

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'Re-Mit' is going to terrify people. It's quite horrible. The Fall have had enough and we're coming for you.

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