Curt Smith

I think when you finish an album, you tend to have your favorites, where a lot of the time are not the singles. ”

Technology was changing just as we were getting started. You had these records by people like David Bowie and Talking Heads and Brian Eno that took production into a whole new direction. That really influenced us, and pushed us to find that early sound we had. ”

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. ”

Due to the Internet, we don't perform new songs until a release. Don't get me wrong, I love new technology, but in the case of a new song we would like the original recording and production to be heard first. ”

I think parenthood does change your priorities quite drastically in an incredibly good way - most of the time. ”

When you're writing for a movie, you're trying to capture the emotion of a scene. I find it a fascinating process. ”

My private life, my relationships are much, much more important than my career. ”

The synth helped us in that it meant you didn't have to be a traditional four-piece band and basically, you didn't have to work too hard. ”

The only formula we have when we work together is that we both have to have a product we can endorse when we finish. Something we both like. It's a matter of compromise. In the end what you get is what both of us can agree on. In that comes Tears for Fears. I don't know what the mix or magic is, that's just what it is. ”

Normally doing an album you go from track to track and go, 'Let's not work on this one today, let's go work on the other one,' and I think you tend to get more self-indulgent that way. ”