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It is announced that Schechter Guitars is launching a new model, The Ultra Cure Guitar, designed and built to the specifications of Robert Smith of The Cure. Smith will donate all royalties from sales of the guitar to Amnesty International.Full article:
Robert Smith : Being involved in Amnesty, over the last couple of years particularly, we've noticed how, once people are introduced to what Amnesty is and the concepts behind it, they're enthralled by it - and this whole thing about 'No one can be bothered to vote... no one can be bothered to do that... if I do it, what difference will it make?' is rubbish. One person is all it takes to make a difference.
You're constantly told through the media that young people are apathetic. They're absolutely not; there's never been a time in history when young people were apathetic - they're the most outrageously energetic people on the planet, but they just need to be involved in things that entice them and excite them.
In everyone's life, there's a question of making your life your own, of doing something really positive with it and I know is sounds really weird from a band like The Cure, but, in fact, what we've done down the years is exactly that - we've done exactly what we've wanted to do and we've done it in such a way as to give other people pleasure and that's the essence of living a good life and that's the core of what Amnesty's all about.
I support Amnesty because it's not really an option, the way the world is going. I think the time is more than right for Amnesty to become a genuinely global force. It's there and many people are just becoming aware of what Amnesty is and what it does. More people need to join and get involved and to make it into a much, much bigger voice. There are millions of people involved but there should be billions of people involved. It is the most important thing. Human rights are above everything else. Without human rights, life isn't worth living.
(Source : interview with Robert Smith of The Cure, by Johnny Black, recorded at Westside Studios, London, UK on 13 May 2005)
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You're constantly told through the media that young people are apathetic. They're absolutely not; there's never been a time in history when young people were apathetic - they're the most outrageously energetic people on the planet, but they just need to be involved in things that entice them and excite them.
In everyone's life, there's a question of making your life your own, of doing something really positive with it and I know is sounds really weird from a band like The Cure, but, in fact, what we've done down the years is exactly that - we've done exactly what we've wanted to do and we've done it in such a way as to give other people pleasure and that's the essence of living a good life and that's the core of what Amnesty's all about.
I support Amnesty because it's not really an option, the way the world is going. I think the time is more than right for Amnesty to become a genuinely global force. It's there and many people are just becoming aware of what Amnesty is and what it does. More people need to join and get involved and to make it into a much, much bigger voice. There are millions of people involved but there should be billions of people involved. It is the most important thing. Human rights are above everything else. Without human rights, life isn't worth living.
(Source : interview with Robert Smith of The Cure, by Johnny Black, recorded at Westside Studios, London, UK on 13 May 2005)