Depeche Mode Quotes
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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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All of my kids are into music. My older daughter plays guitar, piano, sings. My young son, he sings.
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I loathe the idea of going onstage in a T-shirt and jeans.
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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 lead two totally separate lives. There are times when I have to slip into rock star mode.
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I don't think I've ever tried to be anything other than a weirdo.
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There has to be an interaction of musicians on stage. Otherwise I feel too alone up there. When performing is really good, when it really works, maybe once every 15 shows, it's very special, and you realize that's why you do it.
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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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The thing about Depeche songs is that they’re so descriptive. For me, they tell some kind of story about a character who’s trying to redeem himself or to find something to believe in-some kind of faith or hope.
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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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L.A. is always great. There's something special about L.A. And New York, for me, because it's home. There's nothing quite like walking onstage at Madison Square Garden.
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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.
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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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When I'm with the wife, and we're having a romantic night, I occasionally think about a glass of red wine, but I'll order a sparkling water. I'd like the wine, but it wouldn't end with one glass, so I don't even go there.
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I do use texting as a great way to communicate quickly, but I don't Twitter or anything.
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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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There's that side of me that wants to be the loving, caring father, and there's the other side of me that's just a dirty animal. If I don't let that out, I go nuts.
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I had a few brushes with death, where I nearly chose to go. The final one in 1996 did it for me. I suddenly had that feeling that I wasn't indestructible. There was no big white light experience, I just felt this complete blackness and a huge voice inside me saying, 'This is not right.'
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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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There haven't been many credible electronic covers records.
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To go on the road and see people sing my own lyrics back to me is just fantastic.
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'Presence of God' is really that understanding that sometimes when you step out of your own shoes and just open your ears and listen to what's going on around you, you get answers to the questions you were asking.
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I didn't write songs for a very long time.