Dave Gahan Quotes
I go to see some big shows of other bands, and I feel like I'm so bombarded and over-stimulated that I lose interest in the music. There has to be light and shade, and less stimulating moments. There has to be an arc to the show.
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I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.
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I am a friend when I need to be a friend, a father when I need to be a father, a musician when music calls. I switch roles accordingly.
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As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realize how life changes, and you learn how to be more open and adaptive to what is around us.
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Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.
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I'm trying to find the balance and do, like, 'Spanglish' music or some songs in Spanish and others in English or do a translation.
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I listen to crazy, robust rock music where they sing their faces off, and soul music, which can be similar.
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I think rap music is brought up, gangster rap in particular, as well as video games, every other thing they try to hang the ills of society on as a scapegoat.
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I'm a total hip-hop geek. That's my favorite kind of music to listen to while getting ready.
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Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.
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I was bringing the whole music, hip-hop, art, break dancing and urban cultural thing to the downtown table.
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'Forrest Gump' is filled full of moments where your heart just cheers.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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Sports without music is just a game. Music makes it entertaining.
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I've dreamed of being on the road, traveling and touring, for as long as I've been into doing music. It's what I live for. I just wanna be Willie Nelson.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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The process of discovery in my field is very incremental. But there are moments when you realize you know something about the world nobody else knows. That's extraordinarily exhilarating.
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I think I have every piece of music Bob Marley ever made.
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There have been moments where I'm like, 'I don't know how I'm going to survive and pay next month's rent.' And the next month I'm filming a movie in New York City.
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Music and fashion are a sign of the times and a reflection of what people want and need at this very day and age.
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In my dorm room, I was a hermit making music, I've always had a sense of urgency that I don't have forever to make this happen.
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Drummers are conductors - we set the pace for the music - so if you're not relaxed and feeling right, the whole thing goes out the window.
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I had to work in one of the most beautiful ski resorts in the world for almost three weeks. Pity me.
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It's more like you write what comes to you... You try to reflect the mood of the songs. Take 'Rearviewmirror', we start off with the music and it kinds of propels the lyrics. It made me feel like I was in a car, leaving something, a bad situation. There's an emotion there. I remembered all the times I wanted to leave.
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I go to see some big shows of other bands, and I feel like I'm so bombarded and over-stimulated that I lose interest in the music. There has to be light and shade, and less stimulating moments. There has to be an arc to the show.
