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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.
Martin Gore
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Martin Gore
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 23
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England
Martin Lee Gore
Martin L. Gore
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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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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 didn't write songs for a very long time.
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I was born with the wrong sign In the wrong house With the wrong ascendancy I took the wrong road That led to The wrong tendencies I was in the wrong place At the wrong time For the wrong reason And the wrong rhyme On the wrong day Of the wrong week Used the wrong method With the wrong technique Wrong Wrong.
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When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.
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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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I try to get a degree of realism in my music.
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I'm not particularly prolific.
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I don't think I ever worry too much about what our target audience is, what we should be releasing. I just write naturally and organically and try to write from the heart.
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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 tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.
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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 like to think 10 years down the road.
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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 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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The only things we have to worry about are really stupid things.
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Once I'd chosen the songs, it seemed like it would just be a question then of recording them. But it's a case of trying to re-invent the songs taking them in different directions.
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More than accepted, it's encouraged for rock stars to be out of control.
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