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If you repeat yourself, then I think you're in danger of losing that fan base, because if you're not interesting yourselves, you're not interesting your audience.

Martin Gore

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Martin Gore
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: July 23
Composer
Guitarist
Musician
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Songwriter
London
England
Martin Lee Gore
Martin L. Gore
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The only things we have to worry about are really stupid things.
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I wanted to keep the music very electronic, very filmic, and give it an almost sci-fi like quality. Music is a necessity for me. I go into the studio at least five days a week, every week, so once I had the idea and the template, the process was quick and fun.
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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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More than accepted, it's encouraged for rock stars to be out of control.
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I like their darkness but I also like the pop-side of the Velvet Underground.
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For years, I was stuck behind a keyboard rig. When I started playing guitar onstage, it was a bit of a release - not to be stuck in one spot the whole night. It's really enjoyable having the freedom to move around. You just have to remember to end up somewhere near a microphone.
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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 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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I'm not particularly prolific.
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I didn't write songs for a very long time.
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I try to get a degree of realism in my music.
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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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I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.
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I love being in the studio. If I'm at home, I will go to the studio pretty much every day anyway. It's just something that I like to do.
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