6 Quotes & Sayings By Mark E Smith

Mark E. Smith is a British musician and poet from Walsall, England, who has been the lead singer of The Fall since 1977. In 2015, Mark was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Fall. He also holds a doctorate from the University of Warwick.

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If you're going to play it out of tune, then play it out of tune properly. Mark E. Smith
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I knew it was coming. I knew they didn't have the nerve. Three days in and they've got faces like vexed tomatoes, their skins flaking sci-fi style: burnt to fuck. They were an embarrassment; not only to me and the wife and The Fall fans but to their own generation. Mark E. Smith
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There was a lot of pretense floating around; not just with aunties and all that but with emotions and how people saw you. They had a point. There's a lot to learn from that generation -- the stoic approach. I think it's disgusting how they've been forgotten about in this way. It's the American hippies' fault, they saw an in there, a way of making money out of bad moods. That's all it is most of the time. You can't expect to feel cock-a-hoop every minute of every day. My mam and dad's generation understood this. They were just thankful the bombs had stopped threatening their lives. They just wanted to get on with living. . Mark E. Smith
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My earliest memory is learning to read 'Muffin the Mule' when I was about three. Mark E. Smith
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I read daft history books. Sometimes the books I read are a bit crackers or strange. Mark E. Smith