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I lead two totally separate lives. There are times when I have to slip into rock star mode.
Martin Gore
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Martin Gore
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 23
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London
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Martin Lee Gore
Martin L. Gore
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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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England never felt claustrophobic for me at all. I think it would feel more difficult for me if I lived in mainland Europe. America I think is really easy because Los Angeles has film stars everywhere and musicians and Santa Barbara a lot of people have homes there even if they don't live there. You are kind of inconsequential, no one cares.
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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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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 wasn't ever a massive David Essex fan, but I liked a few of his tracks, and Stardust was one of them.
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The only things we have to worry about are really stupid things.
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