Depeche Mode Quotes
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Making a record with 'Depeche Mode' is not a simple process. It's quite complicated and long. We have the luxury of time. I'm not sure that's such a good thing when you're being creative.
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More than accepted, it's encouraged for rock stars to be out of control.
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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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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 mostly stayed in the background. I was doing quite good, but I wasn't interested in most of the subject-matter. I only found music and languages to be absorbing. I simply hadn't the desire of listening to the teachers. Maybe because it wasn't interesting enough what they had to tell. I couldn't take schooling seriously although I'd love to go back and really learn now - it wasn't what I needed at the time. My mind would wander.
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I have a very addictive personality, so I'm even careful about wanting more of anything than I need - even chocolate.
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Joy comes from places you least expect it. It's usually the simple things, like watching my son play basketball or going through Central Park when the blossoms are blooming.
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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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I have the urge to still be part of the world, the universe, of life. Through music I have the feeling that I come a little closer to that.
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The whole 'serious artist' thing is very damaging. The powers that be will steer you towards your own demise. One thing I've learned is that it's not very glamourous, and my problems are no different from anybody else's.
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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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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 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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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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I loathe the idea of going onstage in a T-shirt and jeans.
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Let me make the songs of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.
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You've got to put interesting people around you; you've got to work with people who are gonna inspire you to take the songs you've written into a completely different direction, because there's nothing more boring than going to the studio and predictably knowing what is going to happen.
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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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Martin's the songwriter, Alan's the good musician, Dave's the vocalist... and I bum around.
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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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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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I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than a weirdo.
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I'm happy to say that my knowledge about Basildon is rather limited, particularly I was there only about three times. All my visits there were with DM and at a time within the early days when I was very interested in photography and always carried a shoulder bag with camera equipment around with me. My most insistent memory of Basildon is to sit in a disgusting pub and to get told I better shouldn't cross my legs and should hide the shoulder bag because otherwise I could be beaten up because someone might think I was a poof.