“But everyone I know reaches a point where they throw out their arms and go beserk for a while; otherwise you never know what your limits are. I was just trying to find mine.”

— Robert Smith (musician)

Source: Guitar Player magazine 1992

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English singer, songwriter and musician 1959

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