Curt Smith

My daughters prefer Tears for Fears songs as they're more upbeat and generic. Dad's songs are 'a little too sad' for them, which just means that they're harder to understand. ”

I think people forget even though we were labelled a synth band because of 'The Hurting,' but keyboards are not our native instruments. Roland's a guitar player and I'm a bass player. ”

We spent a year touring the world and it wasn't until it was over that we truly appreciated the upside and downside of our success. ”

For me, I didn't want to be famous and there was a desire to be me and not 'that guy from the band' so I was happy to see it all go. ”

Tears for Fears is me and Roland. ”

Naturally, in a band or duo, it's really about compromise which isn't necessarily a bad thing. ”

Mad World' was easy for me to sing because I could relate to Roland's lyrics. We were both the middle of three sons and had been brought up by single mothers with absent fathers. ”

We released 'Mad World' as a single because we felt the music press would like it. ”

I view making records as a journey. ”

I think psychology still has a sway over everything we do, but music, in and of itself, is the therapy. ”