“It's always good to be somewhere with some history, maybe that's England, which has a long history.”

English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer

Curt Smith is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as a co-founder of the pop rock band Tears for Fears, where he serves as co-lead vocalist and bassist alongside childhood friend Roland Orzabal. Smith has co-written several of the band’s songs and has taken lead vocals on some of its best-known tracks, including “Mad World,” “Pale Shelter,” “Change,” “The Way You Are,” “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” and “Advice for the Young at Heart.”