Quotes by Mark E. Smith

About Mark E. Smith:

Mark Edward Smith is the lead singer, lyricist, frontman, and only constant member of the English post-punk group The Fall.
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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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I knew it was coming. I knew they didn't have the nerve. Three days in and they've got faces like vexed tomatoes, their skins flaking sci-fi style: burnt to fuck. They were an embarrassment; not only to me and the wife and The Fall fans but to their ...

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If you're going to play it out of tune, then play it out of tune properly.

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There was a lot of pretense floating around; not just with aunties and all that but with emotions and how people saw you. They had a point. There's a lot to learn from that generation -- the stoic approach. I think it's disgusting how they've been fo...

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

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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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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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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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If it's me and yer granny on bongos, it's the Fall.

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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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I do feel like an outsider, but I don't lose any sleep over it.

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

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

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

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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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Fear is something I try not to absorb.

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My earliest memory is learning to read 'Muffin the Mule' when I was about three.

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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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Author Bio

  • NameMark E. Smith
  • DescriptionBritish musician
  • BornMarch 5, 1958
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionSinger