Martin Gore Quotes

There's Something Insane About This Business - About The Cycle Of Making Albums And Going On Tour To Promote Them.

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.

The Majority Of The Time I'm At Home With My Family, I Play Football Three Times A Week.

I Try To Get A Degree Of Realism In My Music.

There Haven't Been Many Credible Electronic Covers Records.

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.

I Do A Cover Of A Velvet Underground Song, And They Were One Of The Most Important Bands, For Me.

All Of My Kids Are Into Music. My Older Daughter Plays Guitar, Piano, Sings. My Young Son, He Sings.

I Didn't Write Songs For A Very Long Time.

I Wasn't Ever A Massive David Essex Fan, But I Liked A Few Of His Tracks, And Stardust Was One Of Them.

Record Covers Helped Me Discover A Lot Of Music That I Wasn't Aware Of.

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.