A biography for Curt Smithhasn’t been written yet.
“American rock was, and still is to some extent, a closed shop. REO Speedwagon, Toto, Boston, Foreigner all those bands, and I wouldn't be able to tell which from which.”
“My private life, my relationships are much, much more important than my career.”
“We've influenced other artists, and when younger generations become fans of those artists and hear about us, they discover our music too.”
“In the music business, we're much better off staying in Bath - we don't get involved in the competitiveness, where you've got to be seen in the right places and music kind of takes second place.”
“My kids don't really buy albums. They buy singles.”
“Naturally, in a band or duo, it's really about compromise which isn't necessarily a bad thing.”
“My father always worked away, and died when I was 17, but I hated him by that point. It hit me later in life, but back then I was teenage and angry.”
“What happens with writing a song and demoing it, for me the demo always becomes the master.”
“There's something rhythmic about running, so it's not surprising that I love it. I'm a bass player, after all.”
“I guess because we're essentially a two-man band, we're attracting Wham's crowd. But Wham! are more of a businessman's band.”
“You never stop trying to make progress as a musician.”
“For a lot of bands, the London club scene very much starts to become more important than the music they create. Which we never want to happen.”
“I think psychology still has a sway over everything we do, but music, in and of itself, is the therapy.”
“I like the country, the peace and quiet, because the music business is so hectic.”
“I view making records as a journey.”
“Mad World's distinctive percussion intro was played on a Roland CR-78 drum machine. We first recorded it at twice the speed, but it sounded great slowed down.”
“We know our limitations. There's only a certain amount of time that Roland and I really want to be on the same bus together. Our limit is about four to six weeks.”
“We're not pop stars. Living with success is a job; it's the music that's dear to us.”
“A lot of songs we've written have been political, but they're also personally political.”
“We've never been a musically fashionable band. We've been successful, but I think that has something to do with us never following the trends.”