Robert Smith Quotes

I'm a composer, man.

I consider myself a composer.

I didn't write any music at all, and then, I remember Jon Anderson being very insistent saying that there were two kinds of musicians: the ones who wrote music and the ones who didn't.

I'd like to play for you one of my compositions, my only composition.

I'd love to be an artist that's multifaceted. At the moment, I am not. But wouldn't that be cool if I was like, 'Yeah, let me pull out my guitar and play you a song.' I would adore that. I am so far not gifted in that way. But I am a very hard worker and a very determined person, so who knows?

I've written my own music, and I play guitar.

See, I have two selves in me - a musician and a composer.

I've spent my life playing music.

I played cello on my early recordings, but that doesn't mean I'm a cellist, you know?

I am happy to be a composer.

We try to write the best songs ever and they kinda come out funny.

I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old.

I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.

Whoever hired me might've just heard 'Refugee.' Well, I'm not the secret to 'Refugee.' The secret to 'Refugee' is the song. But if somebody really good calls me up to play on something because they like the way I played on 'Refugee,' then I wind up playing on another really good song.

I mean, I don't even think of myself as a musician, really.

Yeah, I've always considered myself a musical person.

You're a musician: You play. That's what you do.

All I ever want to do is what I am: a singer.

First and foremost, I consider myself a songwriter.

I'd rather make music if I had the talent.

I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer.

The one thing I do know is that I'm the best Taylor Hawkins drummer there is, and that is all I can hope to be. And when it comes to music, musicianship and skill, there is no such thing as better or worse because so much is personal opinion, and I can see that now.

Yeah. I'm amateurish. I can play enough to write a song, or strum on a little guitar to write out a song. But, I don't play well at all. I wouldn't even attempt for a second to play in public.

I play the piano a lot at home. I write songs on the piano and guitar. I would like to actually play piano on stage. I don't think I'll get the chance for a while.

Originally I considered myself a singer.