122 Quotes by Curt Smith

We just weren't a hip band. I mean we recorded our second album in Bath at a time when everyone else was recording in New York or Los Angeles.

We're both getting older, our children are starting to leave home. But I can say that I'm just as passionate a songwriter now in my 50s as I was in my 20s. But instead of talking about the general kind of angst that I felt as a teenager, I'm writing about more specific issues.

I went to live in New York and released a solo album that I now know was very bad. Roland kept on with the Tears For Fears name. It was a bad split.

The nature of Tears For Fears was there was always two of us.

I view making records as a journey.

Solo, you don't have compromise. It gets back to what's great when you're a musician.

Japanese Breakfast has recorded a beautiful, ethereal reimagining of 'Head Over Heels.'

I have this TV pilot I was writing for and a couple of films. It's just a different way to express myself.

When you're writing songs for yourself, as all artists do, it's about 'me.' It's about what you feel and your emotions. You're trying to get something out of your system about your experiences.