Martin Gore Quotes
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Music is really all about experimentation and lots of trial and error. It's just mind-numbingly boring until you hit on something that works well.
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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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I do a cover of a Velvet Underground song, and they were one of the most important bands, for me.
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I lead two totally separate lives. There are times when I have to slip into rock star mode.
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I don't know if it's cool to say this anymore, but I grew up listening to Gary Glitter. A majority of his songs were in that shuffle-blues beat, and I think that's probably why I tend to write like that.
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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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I loathe the idea of going onstage in a T-shirt and jeans.
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I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than a weirdo.
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People are People still gets played to death on '80s stations. It was our first big break in America. It's not exactly my favorite song.
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Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.
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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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When I write a song, I always start on acoustic guitar, because that's a good test of a song, when it's really open and bare. You can often mislead yourself if you start with computers and samples and programming because you can disguise a bad song.
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I started getting back into buying old analog gear while we were recording. Lots of old drum machines and synths. It wasn't a conscious thing. I didn't consider myself a collector, but boxes of vintage gear would turn up virtually every day.
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If you go into the eastern bloc countries we are huge, and in Russia. Maybe there is something about the depressing nature of our music and lyrics that some people find an affinity with.
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I find it odd seeing a DJ playing to huge audiences. I know that people have been doing it for a while, but the fact that it's been embraced so much in America now and it's become like this new, big thing, I find it slightly odd.
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I even have nephews who make music, my daughter makes music. I don't know what advice to give them these days. It's really a tough industry to break into.
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Kids today don't know that much about vinyl.
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There's something insane about this business - about the cycle of making albums and going on tour to promote 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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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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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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It was so exciting to go to the record shop and buy a piece of vinyl and hold it, read the liner notes, look at the pictures. Even the smell of the vinyl.
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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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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.