"A lot of journalists give me a hard time about how I look, but I've never met a journalist I'd rather look like. And it's not just a performance thing. I don't drive around the countryside in full makeup because it would scare the animals, but I've been wearing makeup since I was a teenager, after I saw Bowie wearing it on Top of the Pops. I immediately borrowed someone's older sister's makeup and put it on. I loved how odd it made me look, and the fact that it upset people. You put on eyeliner and people start screaming at you. How strange, and how marvellous."
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Singer-songwriters from EnglandGuitarists from EnglandAntinatalistsMusic producers from the United Kingdom
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Quoted in Grant Smithies, "Close encounter with Robert Smith", Sunday Star-Times (July 29, 2007)
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