I Am Very Self-conscious A Lot Of

Performing Doesn't Come That Naturally To Me, Even Though I've Done It For Years.

For A Period In The '90s, I Felt That The Cure Was Massively Undervalued. But There Has Been A Paradigm Shift. There's A Bunch Of Newer Bands Coming Up Who've Grown Up Listening To The Cure And Don't Understand That You're Not Supposed To Like Us.

It Has Always Seemed Slightly Uncomfortable, The Idea Of Politicised Musicians. Very Few Of Them Are Clever Enough To Do It; If They're Good At The Political Side, The Music Side Suffers, And Vice Versa.

When You're On Stage, The Real World Just Drops Away For That Time. It's Pretty Intense.

My Whole Life I've Played Music For My Own Personal Enjoyment And The Idea Of It Becoming A Machine Or A Business Is Just Horrible.