Martin Gore Quotes
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I didn't expect us to be around after 25 years.
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For years, I was stuck behind a keyboard rig. When I started playing guitar onstage, it was a bit of a release - not to be stuck in one spot the whole night. It's really enjoyable having the freedom to move around. You just have to remember to end up somewhere near a microphone.
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All of my kids are into music. My older daughter plays guitar, piano, sings. My young son, he sings.
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If you repeat yourself, then I think you're in danger of losing that fan base, because if you're not interesting yourselves, you're not interesting your audience.
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I was born with the wrong sign In the wrong house With the wrong ascendancy I took the wrong road That led to The wrong tendencies I was in the wrong place At the wrong time For the wrong reason And the wrong rhyme On the wrong day Of the wrong week Used the wrong method With the wrong technique Wrong Wrong.
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Record covers helped me discover a lot of music that I wasn't aware of.
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I will be the focal point for however long I decide to play. Half of me likes that idea and half of me doesn't, but once the adrenaline kicks in, I'll probably really enjoy it.
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Kids today don't know that much about vinyl.
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I live in Santa Barbara. My wife's American, and she lived in England for 11 years and then told me she'd had enough.
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More than accepted, it's encouraged for rock stars to be out of control.
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God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.
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There haven't been many credible electronic covers records.
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When you first sit down to write the first song, until you've maybe got three or four under your belt, it's always, to me, like a mountain to climb. You look at that one blank piece of paper and you think, `God, how many songs do I have to write here?' It always feels like pressure.
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There are Depeche Mode parties around the world where people listen to our music all night long. The more remixes we can give them, the more interesting those nights have got to be.
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I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me.
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When people meet me I think they're surprised to find out I'm not always angst-ridden.
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If you took music out of my life, I don't know what I'd do. It's the one thing that I have a real passion for.
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When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.
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I think being in a band is probably the only job when you're actively encouraged to be out of it most of the time.
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I don't think I ever worry too much about what our target audience is, what we should be releasing. I just write naturally and organically and try to write from the heart.
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England never felt claustrophobic for me at all. I think it would feel more difficult for me if I lived in mainland Europe. America I think is really easy because Los Angeles has film stars everywhere and musicians and Santa Barbara a lot of people have homes there even if they don't live there. You are kind of inconsequential, no one cares.
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I love being in the studio. If I'm at home, I will go to the studio pretty much every day anyway. It's just something that I like to do.
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I wasn't ever a massive David Essex fan, but I liked a few of his tracks, and Stardust was one of them.
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I sit down and create atmospheres, start playing guitar or piano and just sing whatever comes out of my mouth.
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I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than a weirdo.
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I studied German at school. I lived in Berlin for two years and had a German girlfriend for five years, so I don't find speaking German particularly difficult. Singing was slightly more difficult.
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I knew at quite a young age that I had an issue with drinking.
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Our music over the years has been very cinematic. It's surprising we never really got into film soundtracks.
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As part of Depeche Mode, I don't think it's right for me to be using my own songs for a solo project. I'm not a very prolific songwriter, so I keep those for Depeche Mode.
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It creates a conflict of interest - what songs would I use for me, and what would I use for the band.
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